Trikkala: Ayios Nikolaos
| PK | C1340 |
| TITLE | Trikkala: 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 |
| W3W | rank, tedious, sudden |
| UTM | 34 S, 565689, 4378804 |
| EGSA87 | 307801, 4380625 |
| Elevation m | 113 |
| Elevation feet | 370.7 |
| Region | Thessaly |
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.