Ktouri: Euhydrion
| PK | C1300 |
| TITLE | Ktouri: Euhydrion |
| WGS84 | 39.362672° N, 22.283539° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 39.362672, 22.283539 |
| LON/LAT | 22.283539, 39.362672 |
| DMS | 39° 21' 45.6192" N | , | 22° 17' 0.7404" E |
| W3W | polisher, slid, growled |
| UTM | 34 S, 610576, 4357810 |
| EGSA87 | 351976, 4358142 |
| Elevation m | 208 |
| Elevation feet | 682.4 |
| Region | Phthiotis |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Fort
TYPE
1. Fort. Simpson [1981], 169 'No certain traces of permanent Mycenaean dwellings were found; and, if the inner enceinte is indeed Mycenaean, the site may have been merely a small fort at this time, ...'2. Fort. Ålin [1962], 141 'Auf der Akropolis fanden sich ausser Befestigungen und etwas Keramik, ...'
3. Fort. BCH [1931], 493 Understanding Béquignon to mean 'phrourion': ' ... determinait une sorte de phourion, ... '
4. Fort. Béquignon [1932], 126 '...forteresse...'
5. Sherds. Ålin [1962], 141 '...mykenischen Scherben. Diejenigen von den publizierten, die sicher als mykenisch identifiziert werden können, scheinen dem Dekor nach aus IIIB zu stammen.'
6. Sherds. Béquignon [1932], 130 'Ainsi l'on trouve un tesson mycénien à 0 m. 32 de profondeur ... '
7. Sherds. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 290 ' ... several sherds of LH IIIB pottery ...', ' ... in 1958 a LH IIIB sherd was found within the wall.'
8. Wall. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 291 'The inner enceinte is built of smaller stones than the outer, and is only c. 2.5 m. thick ... '
9. Wall. Simpson and Hagel [2006], 99 'The inner enceinte or upper enclosure (named by Béquignon as the 'Phrourion') had a perimeter of 247.96 m., enclosing only the small plateau of the summit, ... '
SITE SIZE
- Simpson and Dickinson [1979] p. 291, Size: 5027 sq. m. ' ..., enclosing an area only c. 80 m. in diameter.' This is the inner enceinte only.
- Simpson and Hagel [2006] p. 99, Size: 5675 sq. m. Using 85 m. as the diameter: '..., enclosing only the small plateau of the summit, an area 80 to 90 m in diameter ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Béquignon [1932]: 130, 'Ainsi l'on trouve un tesson mycénien à 0 m. 32 de profondeur ...'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 291, ' ... (if the inner enceinte is indeed LH) ... '
c. Simpson and Hagel [2006]: 99, 'Béquignon's photographs of the face of the wall ... show that it was of normal Mycenaean style, ...', 'It much resembles, for instance, the wall faces of the Kopais dykes ... '
2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 169, 'LH IIIB C H'
b. Ålin [1962]: 141, '...scheinen dem Dekor nach aus IIIB zu stammen.'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 290, 'LH IIIB ... ', ' ... several sherds of LH IIIB pottery ... '
d. Simpson and Hagel [2006]: 99, 'And in 1958 a LH IIIB sherd was picked out from within the wall.', 'Diagnostic sherds found in Béquignon's trials beside the wall of the upper enclosure were LH IIIB ... '
NOTES
1. For a sketch map of this inner 'phrourion' see Béquignon [1932] 128, Figure 4.
2. Lauffer [1999] 227 (s.v. 'Evidrion') calls this 'eine kleine mykenische Festung' with 'kyklopische Ringmauer und quadratischen Türmen.' He suggests that the wall is a construction of the Archaic.
3. For a picture of the outer enceinte see Simpson and Hagel [2006] plate 23a and see the full discussion on p. 99.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. BCH [1931]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 55, 1931., '', pg. 493.
Online here.
2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Ktouri', pg. 141.
3. Béquignon [1932]: Béquignon, Yves. ‘Études thessaliennes. V. Recherches archéologiques dans la région de Pharsale’, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique, (56), pp. 89-191, 1932., '4. Ktouri', pg. 122.
And page 130.
Online here.
4. Lauffer ed. [1999]: Lauffer, Siegfried (ed.). Griechenland; Lexikon des historischen Stätten; Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg, 1999., '',
5. Simpson and Hagel [2006]: Simpson, R. Hope and D.K. Hagel. Mycenaean Fortifications, Highways, Dams and Canals. SIMA vol. 133. Paul Åströms Förlag. Sävedalen, Sweden. 2006., 'Ktouri', pg. 99.
6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 47 Ktouri (Ancient Euhydrion?)', pg. 169.
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 51 Ktouri', pg. 290.
Online here.