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Gremnos

PK	C1291
TITLE	Gremnos
WGS84	39.659619° N, 22.340233° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.659619, 22.340233
LON/LAT	22.340233, 39.659619

DMS

39° 39' 34.6284" N

22° 20' 24.8388" E

W3W	squirts, startled, rectangles
UTM	34 S, 614969.86, 4390837.65
EGSA87	357468, 4391009

Elevation m	80
Elevation feet	262.5
Region	Pelasgiotis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AA [1955], 192
2.    Artifacts.   AD[1960], 193
3.    Artifacts.   Hanschmann [1981], 119
4.    Artifacts.   Hanschmann [1981], 83
5.    Artifacts.   Syriopoulos [1995],
6.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 166    '...the widespread distribution of the Mycenaean finds suggests a settlement of considerable size and importance.'
7.    Settlement.   Simpson [2018], 484    'Only a few Mycenaean structures were discovered.'
8.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 288    'Occupation is continuous in the earlier BA, including a destruction by fire in EB III; ... '
9.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 138    'Besiedlung in N, FH, MH, SH, SM, PG, G und späteren Zeiten.'
10.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 288    'LH I-II and LH IIIB are reported ..., and there is stray material of PG-G and later date on the surface.'
11.    Town.   Iliad,     'And they that held Argissa, and dwelt in Gyrtone, Orthe, and Elone, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 166,  Size: 42000 sq. m.  'This large high mound (about 350 m. northeast to southwest by 120 m.)...'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 288,  Size: 42000 sq. m.  ' ... c. 350 m. NE-SW by 120 m. ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age I: (3300 BC - 3000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 166, 'N EB I-III MH LH I-II LH IIIB PG G A C H'

2. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 288, 'Occupation is continuous in the earlier BA, ... '

3. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 138, '... in N, FH, MH, SH, SM, PG, G und späteren Zeiten.'

4. Early Bronze Age II: (3000 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 166, 'N EB I-III MH LH I-II LH IIIB PG G A C H'

5. Early Bronze Age III: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 166, 'N EB I-III MH LH I-II LH IIIB PG G A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 288, ' ... a destruction by fire in EB III; ... '

6. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 166, 'N EB I-III MH LH I-II LH IIIB PG G A C H'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 138, '... in N, FH, MH, SH, SM, PG, G und späteren Zeiten.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 288, ' .... EB I-III MH LH I-II ... '

7. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 138, '... in N, FH, MH, SH, SM, PG, G und späteren Zeiten.'

8. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 166, 'N EB I-III MH LH I-II LH IIIB PG G A C H'
    b.    Hanschmann [1981]: 119,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 288, 'LH I-II and LH IIIB are reported ..., '

9. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 166, 'N EB I-III MH LH I-II LH IIIB PG G A C H'
    b.    Hanschmann [1981]: 119,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 288, 'LH I-II and LH IIIB are reported ..., '

10. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2018]: 484, ' ..., but earlier Mycenaean included one sherd which seems to be from a LH IIB 'Vapheio cup' ... '

11. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    AA [1955]: 192,
    b.    AD[1960]: 193,
    c.    Hanschmann [1981]: 119,
    d.    Hanschmann [1981]: 83,

12. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2018]: 484, 'The Mycenaean pottery was mainly LH IIIA2-B, ... '

13. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 166, 'N EB I-III MH LH I-II LH IIIB PG G A C H'
    b.    AA [1955]: 192,
    c.    AD[1960]: 193,
    d.    Hanschmann [1981]: 119,
    e.    Hanschmann [1981]: 83,
    f.    Simpson [2018]: 484, 'The Mycenaean pottery was mainly LH IIIA2-B, ... '
    g.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 288, 'LH I-II and LH IIIB are reported ..., '

14. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AA [1955]: 192,
    b.    AD[1960]: 193,
    c.    Hanschmann [1981]: 119,
    d.    Hanschmann [1981]: 83,

15. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AA [1955]: 192,
    b.    Hanschmann [1981]: 119,
    c.    Hanschmann [1981]: 83,
    d.    Syriopoulos [1995]: ,
    e.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 288, ' ... there is stray material of PG-G and later date on the surface.'

16. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    AA [1955]: 192,

17. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AA [1955]: 192,
    b.    Hanschmann [1981]: 119,
    c.    Hanschmann [1981]: 83,
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 288, ' ... there is stray material of PG-G and later date on the surface.'

NOTE

1. Kaczmarek's given position (Kaczmarek [2015], 396, 'Gremnos Magoula') is close. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites says (ARGURA Thessaly, Greece.): "The agora of the ancient city may have been in the flat area immediately to the E of the mound."

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AA [1955]: Archaeologischer Anzeiger: Beiblatt zum Jahrbuch des Deutschen archäologischen Instituts, Berlin. 1955, '', pg. 192.

2. AD[1960]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 15, '', pg. 193.

3. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Gremnos', pg. 138.

4. Hanschmann [1981]: Hanschmann, Eva. Die deutschen Ausgrabungen auf der Argissa-Magula in Thessalien. IV; Die mittlere Bronzezeit. 1.. Bonn: Habelt, Beiträge zur ur- und frühgeschichtlichen Archäologie des Mittelmeer-Kulturraumes. 1976, '', pg. 119.

5. Hanschmann [1981]: Hanschmann, Eva. Die deutschen Ausgrabungen auf der Argissa-Magula in Thessalien. IV; Die mittlere Bronzezeit. 2.. Bonn: Habelt, Beiträge zur ur- und frühgeschichtlichen Archäologie des Mittelmeer-Kulturraumes. 1976, '', pg. 83.

6. 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., '2.738', Online here.

7. Kaczmarek [2015]: Kaczmarek, Crysta. A Name And A Place: Settlement And Land Use Patterns, Identity Expression, And Social Strategies In Hellenistic And Roman Thessaly. Volume 1, Text. Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. University of Leicester. UK. 2015., '', Online here.

8. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 23 Gremnos (Ancient Argissa)', pg. 166. Online here.

9. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Argissa (Il. 2.738)', pg. 483. Online here.

10. 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 41 Gremnos (Ancient Argissa)', pg. 288. Online here.

11. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '',