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Nea Ankhialos: Pyrasos

PK	C1274
TITLE	Nea Ankhialos: Pyrasos
WGS84	39.277956° N, 22.820765° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.277956, 22.820765
LON/LAT	22.820765, 39.277956

DMS

39° 16' 40.6416" N

22° 49' 14.754" E

W3W	regulate, betrayed, vegans
UTM	34 S, 657050, 4349202
EGSA87	398138, 4347998

Elevation m	9
Elevation feet	29.5
Region	Phthiotis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Mound.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 276    'A "high mound" site above Nea Ankhialos harbour, ... '
2.    Pottery.   Simpson [2018], 443    ' ..., much MH and Mycenaean (LH II-IIIB) pottery was found, in trials near Basilica Δ, below Hellenistic and Roman deposits.'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 164    '...demonstrating a fairly extensive Mycenaean "lower town".'
4.    Settlement.   Iliad,     'And they that held Phylace and flowery Pyrasus, the sanctuary of Demeter, ... '
5.    Settlement.   Simpson [2018], 443    'The acropolis of Pyrasos was the low hill ... above the harbour of the modern Nea Ankhialos.'
6.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 276    ' ..., and sporadic N, LH, and G on the surface of the hill.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 163,  Size: sq. m.  Area not given but "fairly extensive"

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 276,  Size: 8800 sq. m.  ' ..., measuring c. 110 m. N-S by 80 m. on top.'

- Simpson [2018]  p. 443,  Size: 8800 sq. m.  'The flat summit of the hill (Plate 33A and Plate 38A) is c. 110 m north to south by c. 80 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

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

2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2018]: 443, ' ..., and some EB; ... '

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

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 163, 'N EB I EB II? MH LH II-IIIB PG G C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 276, 'MH and good stratified LH were found on flat ground near the S foot of the hill, ... '
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 443, 'Here, at a depth of about 3 metres, much MH and Mycenaean (LH II-IIIB) pottery was found, ... '

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 276, ' ..., and sporadic N, LH, and G on the surface of the hill.', ' ..., demonstrating a fairly extensive LH "lower town".'

6. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 163, 'N EB I EB II? MH LH II-IIIB PG G C H'
    b.    Simpson [2018]: 443, 'Here, at a depth of about 3 metres, much MH and Mycenaean (LH II-IIIB) pottery was found, ... '

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 163, 'N EB I EB II? MH LH II-IIIB PG G C H'
    b.    Simpson [2018]: 443, 'Here, at a depth of about 3 metres, much MH and Mycenaean (LH II-IIIB) pottery was found, ... '

8. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 276, ' ... LH III(A2-B) ... '

9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 163, 'N EB I EB II? MH LH II-IIIB PG G C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 276, ' ... LH III(A2-B) ... '
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 443, 'Here, at a depth of about 3 metres, much MH and Mycenaean (LH II-IIIB) pottery was found, ... '

10. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 276, ' ... PG G A C'
    b.    Simpson [2018]: 443, ' ..., in Trench 3 a few Protogeometric ... '

11. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 276, ' ..., and sporadic N, LH, and G on the surface of the hill.'

12. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 276, ' ... PG G A C'

NOTE

1. I placed the marker at the S foot of the hill following Simpson (1981, p. 164, H 5) '...but the bulk of the Mycenaean finds were from flat ground near the foot of the hill, ...'. This site is flanked by additional sites at 39.275784°, 22.817237° and at 39.276824°, 22.818769°.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Iliad: Homer. Iliad. The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924., '2.695', Online here.

2. Mee and Spawforth [2001]: Mee, Christopher and Antony Spawforth. Greece; An Oxford Archaeological Guide. Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street. Oxford. 2001. , 'Nea Anchialos (ancient Phthiotic Thebes)', pg. 372.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 5 Nea Ankhialos: Ancient Pyrasos', pg. 163. Online here.

4. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Pyrasos (Il. 2.695)', pg. 440. Online here.

5. 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 6 Nea Ankhialos', pg. 276. Online here.