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Proerna: Tapsi

PK	C1311
TITLE	Proerna: Tapsi
WGS84	39.243364° N, 22.272654° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.243364, 22.272654
LON/LAT	22.272654, 39.243364

DMS

39° 14' 36.1104" N

22° 16' 21.5544" E

W3W	emotionally, summoned, basked
UTM	34 S, 609825, 4344555
EGSA87	350786, 4344918

Elevation m	136
Elevation feet	446.2
Region	Thessaly

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1966], 252
2.    Settlement.   Simpson [1965], 163    'It is probable that this site, the acropolis of ancient Proerna, was also the centre of a Mycenaean settlement.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 170    'Trials on the mound of Tapsi on the acropolis of ancient Proerna produced Mycenaean sherds ...'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1965], 163    'Several Grey Minyan fragments and one Yellow Minyan have been found here.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 293    'Several MH Grey Minyan and one Yellow Minyan sherds were found on the acropolis of ancient Proerna.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 170, 'N MH LH III(B) G A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 293, 'Several MH Grey Minyan and one Yellow Minyan sherds were found ... '
    c.    Simpson [1965]: 163, 'Several Grey Minyan fragments and one Yellow Minyan have been gound here.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1965]: 163, ' ... LH (?) ... '

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 170, 'N MH LH III(B) G A C H'
    b.    AD[1966]: 252,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 293, 'Trials on the mound of Tapsi on the acropolis are said to have produced LH IIIB sherds.'

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1965]: 163, ' ... MH LH (?) G A ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 293, ' ... G A C H'

5. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 293, ' ... G A C H'
    b.    Simpson [1965]: 163, ' ... MH LH (?) G A ... '

NOTE

1. For Proerna during the Archaic and after see Hansen and Nielsen [2004] 716, s.v. 'Proerna' or Lauffer [1999] 568, s.v. 'Proërna'.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1966]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 21, '', pg. 252.

2. Hansen and Nielsen [2004]: Hansen, Mogens Herman and Thomas Heine Nielsen. An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford. 2004, '', Online here.

3. Lauffer ed. [1999]: Lauffer, Siegfried (ed.). Griechenland; Lexikon des historischen Stätten; Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg, 1999., '',

4. Simpson [1965]: Simpson, R. Hope. A Gazetteer and Atlas of Mycenaean Sites. London, Institute of Classical Studies, 1965., ''549 Gynaikokastro (Ancient Proerna)'', pg. 163.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 56 Gynaikokastro (Ancient Proerna)', pg. 170. 'Gynaikokastro' comprises the hill of Tapsi (F1894) along with the acropolis (F1893) which is separate from it and just to its east.
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 59 Gynaikokastro (Ancient Proerna)', pg. 293. Online here.