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Eretria: Magoula

PK	C1224
TITLE	Eretria: Magoula
WGS84	38.405735° N, 23.82637° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.405735, 23.82637
LON/LAT	23.82637, 38.405735

DMS

38° 24' 20.646" N

23° 49' 34.932" E

W3W	renovated, shepherdess, slinks
UTM	34 S, 746797, 4254617
EGSA87	484691, 4250561

Elevation m	8
Elevation feet	26.2
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 229    'Robbed chamber tombs were found on a ridge to N.'
2.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 55    'The site is not extensive and may have been more important in the Early Helladic period than later. But fragments of LH III bowls and kylixes were found; and there are traces of robbed chamber tombs on a ridge to the north.'
3.    Magoula.   Phialon [2011], 132    'A 5 km environ à l'est d'Érétrie, un habitat HA et HM constitue une magoula.'
4.    Mound.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 229    'A low mound on the shore c. 5 km. E of Eretria on the road to Amarynthos.'
5.    Settlement.   Fachard [2012], 308    ' ..., le site révéla un établissement préhistorique allant du Néolithique à l'Helladique Moyen .'
6.    Settlement.   Sackett et al. [1966], 63    'On present evidence we can say only that it seems to have been a small settlement of some quality in the E.H. period, with occupation continuing through the Bronze Age.'
7.    Tomb.   BSA [1957], 14
8.    Tomb.   PAE[1897], 21

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 63, '...produced surface sherds of Neolithic, E.H., M.H., and L.H. type ...'
    b.    Fachard [2012]: 308, ' ... allant du Néolithique à l'Helladique Moyen.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 229, ' ... EH of good quality was especially noted.'

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 55, 'N EH I-III LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 229, ' ... EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC ... '

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 55, 'N EH I-III LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 229, ' ... EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC ... '

4. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 55, 'N EH I-III LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 229, ' ... EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC ... '

5. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 63, '...produced surface sherds of Neolithic, E.H., M.H., and L.H. type ...'
    b.    Phialon [2011]: 133, 'HM', Artifacts, Constructions
    c.    Fachard [2012]: 308, ' ... allant du Néolithique à l'Helladique Moyen.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 229, ' ... EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC ... '

6. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 63, '...produced surface sherds of Neolithic, E.H., M.H., and L.H. type ...'

7. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 229, ' ... EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC ... '

8. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 229, ' ... EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC ... '

9. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Phialon [2011]: 133, 'HR III', Artifacts

10. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 55, 'N EH I-III LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 229, ' ... EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC ... '

11. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 55, 'N EH I-III LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    PAE[1897]: 21,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 229, ' ... EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC ... '

12. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    PAE[1897]: 21,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 229, ' ... EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC ... '

13. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    BSA [1957]: 14, ' ... chance discovery of Protogeometric tombs by local inhabitants at a point about 2 kilometres east of Eretria. ... good provincial Protogeometric style, ... '

NOTE

1. Attempting to follow Sackett's (S66, p. 63, no. 59) directions and constraints. This location is about 65 m. from Magoula Street to the east ... if that means anything.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BSA [1957]: Annual of the British School at Athens, Athens, Greece. (52) 1957., '', pg. 14. Online here.

2. PAE[1897]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1897., '', pg. 21.

3. Fachard [2012]: Fachard, Sylvian. La Défense du Territoire; Étude de la Chora Érétrienne et de ses Fortifications, École suisse d'archéologie en Grèce. InFolio Editions, CH-Gollion. 2012, '47. Magoula', pg. 307. Online here.

4. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.3.1.15. Les côtes du golfe sud de l'Eubée', pg. 132.

5. Sackett et al. [1966]: Sackett, L.H., and V. Hankey, R.J. Howell, T.W. Jacobsen, M.R. Popham. ‘Prehistoric Euboea: Contributions toward a Survey’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, pp. 33-112, [1966], '59. Eretria: Magoula', pg. 63. Online here.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 69 Eretria: Magoula', pg. 55. Online here.

7. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'F 84 Eretria: Magoula', pg. 229. Online here.