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Trikkala: Ayios Nikolaos

PKC1340
TITLETrikkala: Ayios Nikolaos
WGS84 39.556411° N, 21.764629° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 39.556411, 21.764629
LON/LAT 21.764629, 39.556411

DMS 39° 33' 23.0796" N,21° 45' 52.6644" E

W3Wrank, tedious, sudden
UTM34 S, 565689, 4378804
EGSA87 307801, 4380625

Elevation m113
Elevation feet 370.7
RegionThessaly





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   PAE[1958], 62    'PAE (1958) 62; ... ' From Simpson [1981]
2.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 298    ' ... a wide range of prehistoric material in the lower levels, ... '
3.    hab.   AD[1966], 247    ' ....; AD ... (21) (1966) B 247; ... ' From Simpson [1981]
4.    hab.   Thessalika 2, 72    
5.    Pottery.   Simpson [1965], 163    'In the lower levels EH, MH (a few sherds of Minyan ware), Mycenaean, and Classical and Hellenistic pottery were found.', 'The Mycenaean pottery was mostly monochrome, ... '
6.    Settlement.   Simpson [2018], 471    Implied
7.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 174    ' ... the discovery of Mycenaean pottery at some distance below the Kastro slopes presumably signifies a considerablle extent of occupation.'
8.    Settlement.   Simpson [1965], 163    'If, as seems probable, the centre of the Mycenaean settlement was the Kastro, ... '
9.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 174    ...including Mycenaean pottery, mainly monochrome.
10.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 142    'Theocharis fand hier 1958 viele Scherben ... '
11.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 298    ' ... a pithos-burial attributable to PG.'
12.    Tomb.   Simpson [1965], 163    'There was also a Protogeometric (or sub-Mycenaean? - Ergon for 1958 fig. 70) pithos burial. '
13.    Town.   Iliad,     'And they that held Tricca and Ithome of the crags, ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 174, 'N? EB MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? PG G C H'
    b.    Simpson [2018]: 471, 'Above bedrock were EB amd MB sherds.'

2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 142, ' ... viele Scherben aus FH, MH und SH Zeit.'
    b.    Simpson [1965]: 162, 'EH MH ... '

3. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2018]: 471, 'Above bedrock were EB amd MB sherds.'

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 174, 'N? EB MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? PG G C H'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 142, ' ... viele Scherben aus FH, MH und SH Zeit.'
    c.    Simpson [1965]: 162, 'EH MH ... '

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 142, ' ... viele Scherben aus FH, MH und SH Zeit.'

6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2018]: 471, 'The thin level above contained LH III (including LHIIIC Late, ... ).'

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    PAE[1958]: 62,

8. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 174, 'N? EB MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? PG G C H'
    b.    Simpson [1965]: 162, ' ... LH IIIA:2-C ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 298, 'N? EB MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? PG G ... '

9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 174, 'N? EB MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? PG G C H'
    b.    PAE[1958]: 62,
    c.    PAE[1958]: 62,
    d.    Simpson [1965]: 162, ' ... LH IIIA:2-C ... '
    e.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 298, 'N? EB MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? PG G ... '
    f.    Ålin [1962]: 142, ' ... scheint die Mattmalerei bin in IIIB weiterzugehen.'

10. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 174, 'N? EB MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? PG G C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 298, 'N? EB MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? PG G ... '
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 142, 'Einige abgebildete Scherben tragen antithetische Spiralmuster und sind wahrscheinlich aus IIIC.'
    d.    Simpson [2018]: 471, 'The thin level above contained LH III (including LHIIIC Late, ... ).'

11. LH IIIC1: (1190 BC - 1130 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1965]: 162, ' ... LH IIIA:2-C ... '

12. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    PAE[1958]: 62,
    b.    AD[1966]: 247,
    c.    Simpson [1965]: 162, ' ... PG ... ', 'There was also a Protogeometric ... pithos burial.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 298, 'N? EB MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? PG G ... ', ' ... a pithos-burial attributable to PG.'
    e.    Ålin [1962]: 142, 'Aus einem Pithosgrab stammt eine protogeometrische Vase.'
    f.    Simpson [2018]: 471, 'A pithos burial found earlier is either Sub-Mycenaean or Protogeometric ... '

13. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2018]: 471, 'A pithos burial found earlier is either Sub-Mycenaean or Protogeometric ... '

14. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    PAE[1958]: 62,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 298, 'N? EB MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? PG G ... '

NOTE

1.  I have identified the excavation of the Asklepeion as Simpson's intended spot (Simpson [1981], 174, 'J 9 Trikkala: Ayios Nikolaos').

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  AD[1966]:  Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 21, '', pg. 247. And AD (16) 1960, B 169; AD (20) 1965, B 316

2.  PAE[1958]:  Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1958., '', pg. 62. pp. 62, 76.

3.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Trikala', pg. 142.

4.  Iliad:  Homer. Iliad. The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924., '2.729', Online here.

5.  Simpson [1965]:  Simpson, R. Hope. A Gazetteer and Atlas of Mycenaean Sites. London, Institute of Classical Studies, 1965., '546 Ayios Nikolaos (Trikkala)'', pg. 162.

6.  Simpson [2018]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Trikke (Il. 2.279)', pg. 469. Online here.

7.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'J 9 Trikkala: Ayios Nikolaos', pg. 174. Online here.

8.  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 14 Trikkala: Ayios Nikolaos', pg. 298. Online here.

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