Site details

Rovies: Ayios Ilias Hill

PK	C1247
TITLE	Rovies: Ayios Ilias Hill
WGS84	38.815469° N, 23.225325° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	38.815469, 23.225325
LON/LAT	23.225325, 38.815469

DMS

38° 48' 55.6884" N

23° 13' 31.17" E

W3W	butterfly, storyteller, demographic
UTM	34 S, 693205, 4298652
EGSA87	432596, 4296297

Elevation m	63
Elevation feet	206.7
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    hab.   Sackett et al. [1966], 47    'The main site was at Ayios Ilias, ...'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 270    'A few prehistoric sherds, (Sub)PG, G and A were found ... '
3.    Sherds.   Phialon [2011], 127    ' ..., lieux-dits où de la céramique HM a également été trouvée.'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 84    'Some sherds, possibly Mycenaean, were recorded ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 47, '...and more recently Sackett and Jacobsen found E.H. to Geometric sherds where the hill has been deeply scarred by a revma on the seaward side.'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Phialon [2011]: 127, ' ... de la céramique HM a également été trouvée.'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 84, '...possibly Mycenaean,...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 270, ' ... LH? ... '

4. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 270, ' ... (Sub)PG ... '

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 270, ' ... G A ... '

6. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 270, ' ... G A ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.3.1.12. Du pied sud du mont Xiron au pied est du mont Pyxaria', pg. 127.

2. 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], '19. Rovies (Orobiai): Ayios Ilias', pg. 46. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 83 Rovies: Ayios Ilias and Palaiokhori etc.', pg. 83. Online here.

4. 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., 'G 95 Rovies: Ayios Ilias', pg. 270. Online here.