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Metsovo: Arachthos

PK	C1334
TITLE	Metsovo: Arachthos
WGS84	39.762454° N, 21.11807° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	39.762454, 21.11807
LON/LAT	21.11807, 39.762454

DMS

39° 45' 44.8344" N

21° 7' 5.052" E

W3W	thereof, animate, running
UTM	34 S, 510113, 4401399
EGSA87	252980, 4405079

Elevation m	703
Elevation feet	2306.4
Region	Epirus

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1968], 293
2.    Spear.   Simpson [1981], 178    ' spear was found in a cist at Pyrgos to north of Anthochori, on the south bank of the river Arachthos, ..'
3.    Spearhead.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 303    '...and a spear has been handed in from a cist at Pyrgos, which is to N of Anthochori, on the S bank of the river Arachthos, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 178, 'BA? LH III(B-C)? A C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 303, 'BA? LH III(B-C)? A ... '

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 178, 'BA? LH III(B-C)? A C'
    b.    AD[1968]: 293,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 303, 'BA? LH III(B-C)? A ... '

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 178, 'BA? LH III(B-C)? A C'
    b.    AD[1968]: 293,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 303, 'BA? LH III(B-C)? A ... '

4. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 303, 'BA? LH III(B-C)? A ... '

NOTE

1. Placed according to Simpson's not very precise directions (Simpson [1981], 178, 'K 11 (= L 11) Metsovo, etc.'). North of Anthochori, South bank of the Arachthos, and opposite Votonosi.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1968]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 23, '', pg. 293.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'K 11 (= L 11) Metsovo: between Anthochori and Votonosi', pg. 178. Online here.

3. 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., 'K 11 Metsovo: Between Anthochori and Votonosi', pg. 303. Online here.