Site details

Crannon/Krannon

PK	C1318
TITLE	Crannon∕Krannon
WGS84	39.502828° N, 22.301168° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.502828, 22.301168
LON/LAT	22.301168, 39.502828

DMS

39° 30' 10.1808" N

22° 18' 4.2048" E

W3W	sideshows, warning, longish
UTM	34 S, 611870, 4373386
EGSA87	353788, 4373669

Elevation m	122
Elevation feet	400.3
Region	Pelasgiotis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 169    'That on the southwest is higher, measuring about 150 m. northwest to southeast by 100 m., and appears to have been the main prehistoric centre.'
2.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 289    ' ... appears to have been the main prehistoric centre.'
3.    Wall.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 289    'The historic circuit walls follow the outer contours of this plateau, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 289,  Size: 125664 sq. m.  ' ... a large irregular low plateau c. 400 m. in diameter ... c. 2 km. SW of modern Krannon.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 169, 'N EB LH III(A-B) G A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 289, ' ... and EB sherds found in the make-up of this tumulus ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 289, ' ..., MH Grey Minyan, ... '

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 289, ' .., and abundant LH III have been found here.'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 169, 'N EB LH III(A-B) G A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 289, ' ... LH III(A-B) ... '

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 169, 'N EB LH III(A-B) G A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 289, ' ... LH III(A-B) ... '

6. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 289, 'Later materical includes G and A; ... '

7. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 289, 'Later materical includes G and A; ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 43 Ancient Krannon', pg. 169. Online here.

2. 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 45 Ancient Krannon', pg. 289. Online here.