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Almiriotiki Magoula

PKC1277
TITLEAlmiriotiki Magoula
WGS84 39.189067° N, 22.781114° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 39.189067, 22.781114
LON/LAT 22.781114, 39.189067

DMS 39° 11' 20.6412" N,22° 46' 52.0104" E

W3Wlight, clearing, rams
UTM34 S, 653824, 4339269
EGSA87 394585, 4338179

Elevation m34
Elevation feet 111.5
RegionAchaea Phthiotis





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson [1981], 164    'A Mycenaean Psi figurine in the Almyros museum is marked as from the site; ... '
2.    Settlement.   Cuenca García et al.[2014], 1    Magoula. See the diagrams and photos on p. 25.
3.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 145    'In dem Museum von Almiros befinden sich SH III-Scherben aus der Umgebung.'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 277    'LH III sherds in the Almyros Museum are from the vicinity of Almyros, probably from Magoula, and a LH Psi figurine in the museum is marked as from the site.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 164, 'N MH LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 277, 'N MH LH III(A-B)'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 145, '...SH III-Scherben...'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 164, 'N MH LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 277, 'N MH LH III(A-B)'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 164, 'N MH LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 277, 'N MH LH III(A-B)'

NOTE

1.  Slide 25 of Cuenca Garcia's presentation presents actual aerial photographs of the Magoula's location so that it could be established exactly.

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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., 'Almiros', pg. 145.

2.  Cuenca García et al.[2014]:  Cuenca García, Carmen, A. Sarris, T. Kalayci, S. François-Xavier; G. Cantoro, J. Donati, M. Manataki, K. Vouzaxakis, V. Rondiri, P. Arachoviti, K. Almatzi, D. Efstathiou, E. Stamelou. . ‘Walking over Magoulas: Mapping Neolithic Tell Settlements in Thessaly (Greece) Using Integrated Archaeo-geophysical Techniques'. Session A12, entitled: Detecting the Landscape(s) - Remote Sensing Techniques from Research to Heritage Management’, XVII World UISPP Congress, Burgos, Spain, 1-7 September. 2014, 'Results: Almiriotiki Magnetometry', pg. 25. This slide was used to establish the exact location for this Magoula.
Online here.

3.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 8 Almyriotiki Magoula', pg. 164. 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 9 Almyriotiki Magoula', pg. 277. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1277 is at 39.2042° N, 22.82399° E, a straight-line distance of 4 km and 65 m.