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Rachmani: Magoula

PK	C1260
TITLE	Rachmani: Magoula
WGS84	39.760179° N, 22.482034° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.760179, 22.482034
LON/LAT	22.482034, 39.760179

DMS

39° 45' 36.6444" N

22° 28' 55.3224" E

W3W	tonic, chirpy, turnover
UTM	34 S, 626950, 4402190
EGSA87	369822, 4401955

Elevation m	82
Elevation feet	269
Region	Pelasgiotis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Magoula.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 284    'A low mound, ... Excavations revealed a deep stratigraphic sequence.'
2.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 167    'Excavations revealed a deep stratigraphic sequence.'
3.    Settlement.   Wace and Thompson [1912], 35    'Excavations showed that the mound, like all the other prehistoric mounds, was formed by the rubbish and ruins of successive hut settlements built one on another.'
4.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 139    'Die Besiedlung fing in neolitischer Zeit an.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 284    'LHIIIC has been claimed but is not certain.
6.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 167    'A ruined tomb, containing two burials, LH IIIA pottery, and some jewellery, was apparently a small tomb of tholos type.'
7.    Tholos.   Wace and Thompson [1912], 40    'Unfortunately it was not possible to ascertain how the tomb was built, for it had fallen in and the stones had been disturbed by ploughing. Certainly it was not a cist tomb of slabs. Very possibly it was a small tholos tomb built of rough stones that had fallen in, ... '
8.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 140    'En Grab wurde ausgegraben, wie es scheint, ein sehr kleiner, eingefallener Tholos.'
9.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 284    ' ... is apparently a small-tomb of tholos type.'
10.    Tomb.   Syriopoulos [1995], 967

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 167,  Size: 10640 sq. m.  'This is a conspicuous low mound, measuring 112 m. by 95 m., to east of the Larisa-Tempe road, ...'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 284,  Size: 10640 sq. m.  'A low mound, 112 by 95 m., ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age I: (3300 BC - 3000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 167, 'N EB I-III MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC?'

2. Early Bronze Age II: (3000 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 167, 'N EB I-III MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 284, ' ... EB I-II MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC?'

3. Early Bronze Age III: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 167, 'N EB I-III MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC?'

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 167, 'N EB I-III MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 284, ' ... EB I-II MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC?'

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 284, 'LH material was more abundant on the slopes, ... '

6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Wace and Thompson [1912]: 35, 'It is all of the latest style (L. M. III), ... '

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 967,
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 140, 'Einige Fragmente, darunter zwei von IIIA-Kylikes, ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 284, 'A tomb containing two burials, LH IIIA pottery, and some jewellery, is apparently a small tomb of tholos type.'

8. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 167, 'N EB I-III MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC?', 'The Mycenaean sherds are mainly, ..., LH IIIA2-B; ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 284, ' ... EB I-II MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC?'

9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 167, 'N EB I-III MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC?', 'The Mycenaean sherds are mainly, ..., LH IIIA2-B; ... '
    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 967,
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 140, 'Diese Vase stammt wahrscheinlich aus IIIB.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 284, ' ... EB I-II MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC?'

10. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 167, 'N EB I-III MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC?', 'LH IIIC has been claimed, but is not certain.'
    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 967,
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 139, ' ... viel mykenische Keramik aus SH III.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 284, 'LHIIIC has been claimed but is not certain.', ' ... LH IIIC?'

11. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 967,
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 139, 'Anscheinend fand sich bei Rachmani auch protogeometrische Keramik, ... '

12. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Wace and Thompson [1912]: 35, ' ..., and many pieces might even be called Sub-Mycenaean.'

NOTES

1.  The road sign at F3222 identifies this magoula.

2.  For more pages on this site see the DEFC page here or the IGEAN page here.

3.  Further bibliography and notes are on the Aristeia Project's Rachmani Magoula page here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Rachmani', pg. 139.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 33 Rachmani: Magoula', pg. 167. 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., 'H 32 Rachmani: Magoula', pg. 284. Online here.

4. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 967.

5. Wace and Thompson [1912]: Wace, Alan John Bayard and Maurice Scott Thompson. Prehistoric Thessaly; Being Some Account of Recent Excavations and Explorations in North-Eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the Borders of Macedonia. . Cambridge at the University Press, 1912., '', pg. 35. Online here.