Site details

Ktouri: Magoula

PK	C1301
TITLE	Ktouri: Magoula
WGS84	39.365075° N, 22.277621° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.365075, 22.277621
LON/LAT	22.277621, 39.365075

DMS

39° 21' 54.27" N

22° 16' 39.4356" E

W3W	grumbles, midriffs, trooper
UTM	34 S, 610062, 4358069
EGSA87	351472, 4358419

Elevation m	118
Elevation feet	387.1
Region	Phthiotis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1174
2.    Magoula.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 291    'The Maboula lies c. 500 m. WNW of the foot of Ktouri hill. It is a low mound ... '
3.    Magoula.   Ålin [1962], 141    ' ... auf der Magula ... '
4.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 169    '..settlement..'
5.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 291    ' ... a fairly large plateau to W of the mound appears to have been an extension of the settlement.'
6.    Sherds.   Béquignon [1932], 150    'En revanche, la céramique submycénienne est particulièrement riche.'
7.    Sherds.   Simpson [2018], 482    'The Mycenaean pottery was LH IIIA2-B ... '
8.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 141    'In den Tempelruinen und in dem Bothros auf der Magula wurden auch nur einige mykenische Scherben gefunden.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 169,  Size: sq. m.  Area not given but it appears, from the description, to be extensive.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 291, 'EB ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 169, 'MH LH IIIA2-B PG G A C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 291, ' ... MH ... '

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 141, ' ... die grosse Menge der Scherben mykenisch ... '

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1174,

5. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 169, 'MH LH IIIA2-B PG G A C'
    b.    Simpson [2018]: 482, 'The Mycenaean pottery was LH IIIA2-B ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 291, ' ... LH IIIA2-B ... '

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 169, 'MH LH IIIA2-B PG G A C', 'None of the Mycenaean pottery need be later than LH IIIB.'
    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1174,
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 479, 'The Mycenaean pottery was LH IIIA2-B ... '
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 291, ' ...; none of the LH III need be later than LH IIIB.'
    e.    Ålin [1962]: 141, ' ..., ein Skyphos im Metopenstil, der in IIIB zu datieren ist.'

7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1174,
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 141, ' ..., einige Fragmente, u.a. mit grobem Wellendekor, scheinen aber aus IIIC zu sein.'

8. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1174,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 291, ' ... PG G A'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 141, ' ..., dagegen kommt etwas protogeometrische Ware vor.'

9. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Béquignon [1932]: 169, ' ..., le site de Ktouri se révèle particulièrement riche en céramique submycénienne.'

10. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1174,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 291, ' ... PG G A'

11. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 291, ' ... PG G A'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Ktouri', pg. 141.

2. 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. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 48 Ktouri Magoula', pg. 169. This is an extensive site which includes the location 39.367666, 22.281668 (by the chapel of Ayios Ioannis) and several structures including an apsidal building at 39.366211, 22.271887 (F1847)
Online here.

4. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Ktouri and Ktouri Magoula:', pg. 479. Online here.

5. 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 52 Ktouri Magoula', pg. 291. Online here.

6. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1174.