Site details

Larisa: Acropolis

PK	C1266
TITLE	Larisa: Acropolis
WGS84	39.641549° N, 22.415483° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	39.641549, 22.415483
LON/LAT	22.415483, 39.641549

DMS

39° 38' 29.5764" N

22° 24' 55.7388" E

W3W	buckets, solid, third
UTM	34 S, 621457, 4388931
EGSA87	363889, 4388887

Elevation m	87
Elevation feet	285.4
Region	Pelasgiotis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 166    'Prehistoric sherds were found on the acropolis, and some fine LH IIB-IIIA1 vases are reported, presumably from tombs in the area.'
2.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 138    '..wurden mykenische Scherben auf der Akropolis gefunden.', '..auch ein Alabastron aus IIIA stammen.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 281    'Prehistoric sherds were found on the acropolis, and fine LH IIB - IIIA1 vases are reported, ... '
4.    Sherds.   Fimmen [1921], 2    'Mykenische Scherben von der Akropolis. Mitteilung von Herrn Arvanitopullos.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 166, 'N EB MH LH IIB-IIIA1 PG C'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 166, 'N EB MH LH IIB-IIIA1 PG C'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 138, '..mykenische..'
    b.    Fimmen [1921]: 2, 'Mykenische Scherben ... '

4. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 166, 'N EB MH LH IIB-IIIA1 PG C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 281, ' ..., and fine LH IIB - IIIA1 vases are reported, ... '

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 138, '..auch ein Alabastron aus IIIA stammen.'

6. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 166, 'N EB MH LH IIB-IIIA1 PG C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 281, ' ..., and fine LH IIB - IIIA1 vases are reported, ... '

7. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 281, 'A (Sub)PG vase was also found (Verdelis 1958 catalogue no. 53).'

NOTE

1. The habitation is described by Simpson as 'behind the hospital' although there is no hospital to the northeast of the acropolis that I can see.

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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., 'Larisa', pg. 138.

2. Fimmen [1921]: Fimmen, Dietrich. Die Kretisch-Mykenische Kultur. Verlag und Druck von B.G. Teubner, Leipzig und Berlin. 1921., 'Larissa', pg. 2. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 21 Larisa: The Acropolis', pg. 166. 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., 'H 23 Larisa: The Acropolis', pg. 281. Online here.