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Ambelia: Palaiokastro

PK	C1307
TITLE	Ambelia: Palaiokastro
WGS84	39.321836° N, 22.487421° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.321836, 22.487421
LON/LAT	22.487421, 39.321836

DMS

39° 19' 18.6096" N

22° 29' 14.7156" E

W3W	negotiation, changeable, buzzards
UTM	34 S, 628216, 4353547
EGSA87	369466, 4353296

Elevation m	203
Elevation feet	666
Region	Phthiotis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Acropolis.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 291    'An acropolis hill, ... '
2.    Artifacts.   Simpson [1981], 170    'Prehistoric material, including Mycenaean, was found in a deep sounding on the site, which the excavator, Y. Bequignon, conjectured to be that of the Old Pharsalos mentioned by Strabo (ix 5,6).'
3.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 291    'Prehistoric material and at least one PG sherd come from a deep sounding on the site ... '
4.    hab.   Béquignon [1932], 90
5.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 141    'Bequignon grub hier 1931 in einer kleineren Ausgrabung Siedlungsreste aus.'
6.    Sherds.   BCH [1931], 492    '...et à l'O; des tombeaux renfermant des vases de style Protogéométrique.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    BCH [1931]: 492, 'de la céramique de l'âge du bronze.'

2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 170, 'EB MH LH IIIA2-B PG G A'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 291, 'EH MH ... '

3. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 141, 'Ausser Keramik aus FH und MH ... '

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 170, 'EB MH LH IIIA2-B PG G A'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 141, 'Ausser Keramik aus FH und MH ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 291, 'EH MH ... '

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Béquignon [1932]: 90,
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 141, 'Eines stammt vermutlich von einem Skyphos, und eines trägt einen Dekor, der IIIA vermuten lässt.'

6. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 170, 'EB MH LH IIIA2-B PG G A'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 291, ' ... LH IIIA2-B ... '

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 170, 'EB MH LH IIIA2-B PG G A'
    b.    Béquignon [1932]: 90,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 291, ' ... LH IIIA2-B ... '

8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 141, ?? ' ..., fanden sich 3 Fragmente, die spätmykenisch sind.'

9. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    BCH [1931]: 492, '...de style Protogéométrique.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 141, ' ... sowie aus PG und späterer Zeit, ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 291, ' ... PG G A', ' ... at least one PG sherd come from a deep sounding on the site and PG vases from graves to the W ... '

10. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Béquignon [1932]: 90,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 291, ' ... PG G A'

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

NOTE

1. I have adhered to Simpson's (Simpson [1981] 170, 'H 52') directions as closely as I thought sensible. Kaczmarek [2015], 396 'Ambelia' gives a different position: 39.308056° N, 22.501667° E

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1931]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 55, 1931., 'Pharsale.', pg. 492. Online here.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Palaiokastro', 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., '1. - Palaiokastro-Derengli', pg. 90. Online here.

4. 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., 'Ambelia', pg. 396. Online here.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 52 Ambelia (formerly Derengli): Palaiokastro', pg. 170. Online here.

6. 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 53 Ambelia (formerly Derengli): Palaiokastro', pg. 291. Online here.