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Pteleon: Gritsa

PK	C1280
TITLE	Pteleon: Gritsa
WGS84	39.022466° N, 22.950991° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.022466, 22.950991
LON/LAT	22.950991, 39.022466

DMS

39° 1' 20.8776" N

22° 57' 3.5676" E

W3W	misplace, nursing, emulate
UTM	34 S, 668893, 4321081
EGSA87	409043, 4319506

Elevation m	54
Elevation feet	177.2
Region	Magnesia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Cem.   PAE[1951], 129
2.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 278    'A little to the E are four MH cists and a small LH IIIC tomb of tholos type ... '
3.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 278    'On the top of the NW slopes are remains of a MH settlement, ... '
4.    Settlement.   Simpson [2018], 447    'Excavations by Verdelis ... revealed a MH settlement on the northwest slope, ... '
5.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 145    'Verdelis grub hier 1951 - 53 prähistorische Siedlungsreste ... '
6.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 164    'Mycenaean and earlier sherds were found on most of the top surface of the hill...'
7.    Town.   Iliad,     ' ..., and Pteleos, couched in grass, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 164,  Size: 54000 sq. m.  Under H 11, 'Pteleon: Gritsa': 'The prehistoric settlement itself is on the rocky hill named Gritsa, ...', 'Mycenaean and earlier sherds were found on most of the top surface of the hill, about 300 m. north to south by 180 m., ...'

- Simpson [2018]  p. 447,  Size: 54000 sq. m.  The top surface of the hill is c. 300 m north to south by c. 180 m.

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 278,  Size: 54000 sq. m.  ' ..., c. 300 m. N-S by 180 m. on top, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 164, 'N MH LH IIIA1-C PG C', ' ... remains of MH cist graves, ... ;
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 146, ' ... Siedlungsreste kamen anscheinend nur aus neolithischer und mittelhelladischer Zeit.'
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 447, ' ... revealed a MH settlement on the northwest slope, ... '
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 278, ' ... are remains of a MH settlement, ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 146, 'Dagegen dürften die von Hunter gefundenen Scherben der mykenischen Siedlung entstammen.'
    b.    Simpson [2018]: 447, ' ..., where Mycenaean sherds were also found.'

3. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    PAE[1951]: 129,

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    PAE[1951]: 129,

5. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 164, 'N MH LH IIIA1-C PG C', ' ... vases ranging from LH IIIA1 to LH IIIC.'

6. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 164, 'N MH LH IIIA1-C PG C'

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 164, 'N MH LH IIIA1-C PG C'
    b.    PAE[1951]: 129,

8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 164, 'N MH LH IIIA1-C PG C', ' ..., and a small LH IIIC tomb of tholos type.', ' ... vases ranging from LH IIIA1 to LH IIIC.'
    b.    PAE[1951]: 129,
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 447, 'A little to the east were ... and a small LH IIIC tomb of tholos type.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 278, ' ... and a small LH IIIC tomb of tholos type ... '

9. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    PAE[1951]: 129,

NOTES

1. Olivier Pelon [1976] 248, '41. Pteleon.' refers to a magoula instead of Simpson's 'habitation space'. Pelon says: that the tholos and other tombs are grouped "...non loin d'une « magoula » qui contenait les ruines d'un habitat mesohelladique, ... ".

2. For a discussion of the location of this tholos see the blog post here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1951]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1951., '', pg. 129.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Gritsa', pg. 145.

3. 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. 697', Online here.

4. Pelon [1976]: Pelon, Olivier. Tholoi, tumuli et cercles funéraires; Recherches sur les monuments funéraires de plan circulaire dan l'Égée de l’Âge du Bronze (IIIe at IIe millénaires av. J.-C). Bibliothèques de l'École française d'Athènes et de Rome - Série Athènes, 229. 1976., ''41. Pteleon'', pg. 248. Online here.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 11 Pteleon: Gritsa', pg. 164. Online here.

6. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Pteleon (Il. 2. 697)', pg. 447. Online here.

7. 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 13 Pteleon: Gritsa', pg. 278. Online here.