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Pefkakia

PKC1270
TITLEPefkakia
WGS84 39.347677° N, 22.939016° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 39.347677, 22.939016
LON/LAT 22.939016, 39.347677

DMS 39° 20' 51.6372" N,22° 56' 20.4576" E

W3Wsing, union, shocked
UTM34 S, 667084, 4357153
EGSA87 408428, 4355610

Elevation m12
Elevation feet 39.4
RegionPelasgiotis





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Building.   AR[1968], 20    ' ..., including part of a large LH IIIB house; ... '
2.    Cist Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 274    ' ... succeeded by a cist-cemetery, ... '
3.    hab.   Mee and Spawforth [2001], 370    
4.    hab.   Batziou[2009], 185    'The Greek-German excavations, which were conducted on the decade of 1967-1977 ... proved that the site was inhabited by the end of the Neolithic period until the Late Bronze Age.'
5.    hab.   PAE[1916], 31    
6.    hab.   PAE[1957], 61    
7.    Pottery.   AR[1968], 20    'The Mycenaean pottery was of LH IIIB date, ... '
8.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 163    '...and the site may have constituted a major part of the harbour of Mycenaean Iolkos.'
9.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 274    'The site was clearly an important centre, ... ', ' ... there is a considerable depth of prehistoric deposit.'
10.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 144    'Siedlungsreste und Gräber sind hier von Stais, Arvanitopoulos und Theocharis ausgegraben worden.'


SITE SIZE

- ed rhc  p. ,  Size: 28859 sq. m.  Area estimated by RHC using Google Earth polygons.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age I: (3300 BC - 3000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 163, 'N EB I-II MH LH I-IIIB PG A C H'

2. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Mee and Spawforth [2001]: 371,

3. Early Bronze Age II: (3000 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 163, 'N EB I-II MH LH I-IIIB PG A C H'

4. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 274, ' ...: pottery of Balkan, Trojan, EH II, and quite probably KS types ... '

5. Keros-Syros: (2600 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 274, ' ...: pottery of Balkan, Trojan, EH II, and quite probably KS types ... '

6. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 275, ' ..., including MM I-II ...; '

7. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 163, 'N EB I-II MH LH I-IIIB PG A C H'
    b.    Mee and Spawforth [2001]: 371,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 275, 'In the succeeding MH strata, imports continue to occur, ... '

8. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 275, ' ..., including MM I-II ...; '

9. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 144, ' ... seiner Ausgrabung mykenischer Häuserreste bei dem Kybele-Tempel gefunden zu haben.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 274, 'LH houses have also been reported W of the promontory ... '

10. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 163, 'N EB I-II MH LH I-IIIB PG A C H'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 144, ' ..., und grosse Bügelkannen werden von SH I bis IIIB datiert.'
    c.    AR[1968]: 20, ' ...; in the lower were numerous cist-graves of adults, one of the latest containing painted LH I and II vases.'

11. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 163, 'N EB I-II MH LH I-IIIB PG A C H'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 144, ' ..., und grosse Bügelkannen werden von SH I bis IIIB datiert.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 275, ' ..., that continued in use into LH II.'
    d.    AR[1968]: 20, ' ...; in the lower were numerous cist-graves of adults, one of the latest containing painted LH I and II vases.'

12. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 274, ' ...; a group of LH IIA-IIIA1 vases is reported to come from these tombs ... '

13. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 274, ' ...; a group of LH IIA-IIIA1 vases is reported to come from these tombs ... '

14. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 275, 'Over this were LH III structures, ... '

15. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 163, 'N EB I-II MH LH I-IIIB PG A C H'
    b.    PAE[1957]: 61,
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 144, ' ..., und grosse Bügelkannen werden von SH I bis IIIB datiert.'

16. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 274, ' ...; a group of LH IIA-IIIA1 vases is reported to come from these tombs ... '

17. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Batziou[2009]: 185,

18. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 163, 'N EB I-II MH LH I-IIIB PG A C H'
    b.    Batziou[2009]: 185,
    c.    PAE[1916]: 31,
    d.    PAE[1957]: 61,
    e.    Ålin [1962]: 144, 'Ähnliche IIIB-Scherben scheint Arvanitopoulos ... '
    f.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 274, ' ... including a large LH IIIB house.'
    g.    AR[1968]: 20, ' ..., including part of a large LH IIIB house; ... '

19. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    PAE[1957]: 61,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  PAE[1916]:  Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1916., '', pg. 31.

2.  PAE[1957]:  Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1957., '', pg. 55.

3.  AR[1968]:  Archaeological Reports. The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (15) 1968-1969., 'In 1967 and 1968 work was begun on the Pefkakia Magoula ... ', pg. 20. Online here.

4.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Peukakia (Neleia)', pg. 144.

5.  Batziou[2009]:  Batzious, Anthi. ‘Excavation at the Mycenaean site Pefkakia 2006-2008/Ανασκαφή μυκηναϊκού οικισμού στα Πευκάκια 2006-2008.’, Mazarakis-Ainian [2009] pp. 177-192, 'EXCAVATION AT THE MYCENAEAN SITE PEFKAKIA', pg. 185. And see the excellent map on p. 187: 1. Χάρτης με τις θέσεις των ανασκαφών στη Μαγούλα Πευκάκια.
Online here.

6.  Mazarakis-Ainian [2009]:  Mazarakis-Ainian, Alexander (ed.). ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟ ΕΡΓΟ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΕΡΕΑΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ 3, 2009, Πρακτικά επιστημονικής συνάντησης Βόλος 12.3 – 15.3.2009 Τόμος Ι: Θεσσαλία, Volos, 2009., '',

7.  Mee and Spawforth [2001]:  Mee, Christopher and Antony Spawforth. Greece; An Oxford Archaeological Guide. Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street. Oxford. 2001. , 'Pefkakia [6]', pg. 370.

8.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 2 Volos: Pefkakia (Ancient Neleia?)', pg. 163. Online here.

9.  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 2 Volos: Pefkakia (Ancient Neleia?)', pg. 275. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1270 is at 39.34819° N, 22.93849° E, a straight-line distance of 73.2 m.