Site details

Psakhna: Ayios Ilias

PK	C1235
TITLE	Psakhna: Ayios Ilias
WGS84	38.559936° N, 23.648853° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	38.559936, 23.648853
LON/LAT	23.648853, 38.559936

DMS

38° 33' 35.7696" N

23° 38' 55.8708" E

W3W	boat, nosedive, exaggerated
UTM	34 S, 730801, 4271271
EGSA87	469257, 4267715

Elevation m	23
Elevation feet	75.5
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 54    'The authors of the Euboea survey considered that the Ayios Ilias settlement was "a strong and central site of some size and importance in its area".'
2.    Sherds.   Sackett et al. [1966], 54    'Sherds were found scattered over the entire western and southern slopes of the hill, ...'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 225    'EH, MH, C, and later sherds were found fo rmore than 300 m. to S ...'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 54,  Size: sq. m.  Area of this sherd scatter not given.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 225, 'EH, MH, C, and later sherds were found fo rmore than 300 m. to S ...'

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'N? EH I-II MH LH IIIA-C G? C'

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'N? EH I-II MH LH IIIA-C G? C'

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'N? EH I-II MH LH IIIA-C G? C'
    b.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 54, 'These sherds are dated M.H., L.H., Geometric, and Classical.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 225, 'EH, MH, C, and later sherds were found fo rmore than 300 m. to S ...'

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 54, 'These sherds are dated M.H., L.H., Geometric, and Classical.'

6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'N? EH I-II MH LH IIIA-C G? C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 225, '... LH IIIA-C ...'

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'N? EH I-II MH LH IIIA-C G? C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 225, '... LH IIIA-C ...'

8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'N? EH I-II MH LH IIIA-C G? C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 225, '... LH IIIA-C ...'

9. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 54, 'These sherds are dated M.H., L.H., Geometric, and Classical.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 225, '... G? ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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], '30. Psakhna: Ayios Ilias', pg. 54. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 60 Psakhna: Ayios Ilias and Pirgos', pg. 54. Online here.

3. 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 70 Psakhna: Ayios Ilias and Pyrgos', pg. 225. Online here.