Site details

Melissochori: Paliambela

PK	C1290
TITLE	Melissochori: Paliambela
WGS84	39.648752° N, 22.501049° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	39.648752, 22.501049
LON/LAT	22.501049, 39.648752

DMS

39° 38' 55.5072" N

22° 30' 3.7764" E

W3W	hippo, outpost, interactive
UTM	34 S, 628786, 4389850
EGSA87	371244, 4389560

Elevation m	69
Elevation feet	226.4
Region	Pelasgiotis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Mound.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 281    'A mound c. 2 km. N of Melissochori (formerly Metiseli), ... '
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 165    'Mycenaean surface sherds were found at this Magoula, ...'
3.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 140    '...Scherben...'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 281    ' ..., where LH III is reported.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 140, '...Wace und Thompson fanden einige SH III-Scherben auf der Magula ...'

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 165, 'LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 281, ' ..., where LH III is reported.'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 165, 'LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 281, ' ..., where LH III is reported.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Metiseli', pg. 140. This is the name that Ålin uses for Paliambela.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 18 Melissochori: Paliambela', pg. 165. 'Paliambela' means 'old vines'.
Online here.

3. 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 20 Melissochori: Paliambela', pg. 281. Online here.