Site details

Karpenision

PK	C1336
TITLE	Karpenision
WGS84	38.905784° N, 21.798842° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.905784, 21.798842
LON/LAT	21.798842, 38.905784

DMS

38° 54' 20.8224" N

21° 47' 55.8312" E

W3W	hammock, expired, whitish
UTM	34 S, 569265, 4306625
EGSA87	308985, 4308337

Elevation m	961
Elevation feet	3152.9
Region	Eurytania

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 295    ' ... many stone tools ... '
2.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 295    ' ... indicate a MH settlement, ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 174    'Rough ware of Minyan type and many stone tools indicate a Middle Helladic settlement, which probably extended into the Late Bronze Age.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 174, ' ..., which probably extended into the Late Bronze Age.'

2. Minoan: (3100 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 174, 'Rough ware of Minyan type ...'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 174, 'Rough ware of Minyan type and many stone tools indicate a Middle Helladic settlement, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 295, 'MH? ... ', 'Rough ware of Minyan type ...

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 295, ' ... settlement, which probably extended into LH; ... '

5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 174, ? ' ... extended into the Late Bronze Age.'

6. Dark Ages: (1100 BC - 800 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 295, ' ... painted ware found may be of DA date, ... '

7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 295, 'A cist tomb, possibly G, ... '

NOTE

1. I am confident of the hill (Simpson [1981], 174, 'Karpenision') because Ay. Dimitrios sits on its top. I am less certain of the exact position of the find.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Appendix to Map J, Karpenision: Ayios Demetrios', pg. 174. 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., 'J 4 Karpenision: Ayios Demetrios', pg. 295. Online here.