Pefkakia
| PK | C1270 |
| TITLE | Pefkakia |
| 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 |
| W3W | sing, union, shocked |
| UTM | 34 S, 667084, 4357153 |
| EGSA87 | 408428, 4355610 |
| Elevation m | 12 |
| Elevation feet | 39.4 |
| Region | Pelasgiotis |
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.