Site details

Potamylo 2-6

PK	C1366
TITLE	Potamylo 2–6
WGS84	36.416939° N, 28.159589° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	36.416939, 28.159589
LON/LAT	28.159589, 36.416939

DMS

36° 25' 0.9804" N

28° 9' 34.5204" E

W3W	stand, ceramics, turf
UTM	35 S, 603960, 4030819
EGSA87	872861, 4037952

Elevation m	11
Elevation feet	36.1
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Rhodes

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 193    'A settlement of Minoan type, if not an actual Minoan colony, was established here, ...'
2.    Settlement.   Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 135    'A settlement of Minoan character, if not an actual Minoan colony, was established ...'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 348    'A settlement of Minoan character was established at Trianda in MM III or earlier, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 194,  Size: sq. m.  No size given but '..was presumably of considerable size, since it consisted of at least the area between trial no. 1 in Paraskeva village (i.e. C1365, RHC) and trials nos. 2-6 about 200 m. distant on the east bank of the Potamylo stream (i.e. this site, C1366, RHC)...'

- Simpson and Lazenby [1973]  p. 135,  Size: sq. m.  No size given but: 'The site ... was presumably of considerable size, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 193, 'MM III? LM IA-IIIA1 LH IIA-IIIA2 LH IIIB?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 348, 'A settlement of Minoan character was established at Trianda in MM III or earlier, ... '

2. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 193, 'MM III? LM IA-IIIA1 LH IIA-IIIA2 LH IIIB?'
    b.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 135,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 348, 'MM III? LM IA-IIIA1 LH IIIA2'

3. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 193, 'MM III? LM IA-IIIA1 LH IIA-IIIA2 LH IIIB?'

4. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 135,

5. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 193, 'MM III? LM IA-IIIA1 LH IIA-IIIA2 LH IIIB?'

6. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 193, 'MM III? LM IA-IIIA1 LH IIA-IIIA2 LH IIIB?'
    b.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 135,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 348, 'MM III? LM IA-IIIA1 LH IIIA2'

7. Late Minoan IIIA1: (1420 BC - 1390 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 193, 'MM III? LM IA-IIIA1 LH IIA-IIIA2 LH IIIB?'
    b.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 135,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 348, 'During LM IIIA1 the fine pottery at Trianda became increasingly more Mycenaean in style.'

8. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 193, 'MM III? LM IA-IIIA1 LH IIA-IIIA2 LH IIIB?'

9. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 193, 'MM III? LM IA-IIIA1 LH IIA-IIIA2 LH IIIB?'
    b.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 135,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 348, 'MM III? LM IA-IIIA1 LH IIIA2'

10. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 193, 'MM III? LM IA-IIIA1 LH IIA-IIIA2 LH IIIB?'
    b.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 135,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Trianda: Potamylo and Paraskeva', pg. 193. Online here.

2. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: Simpson, Richard Hope and J.F. Lazenby. ‘Notes from the Dodecanese III’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 68, pp. 127-179, 1973., 'Trianda: Potamylo and Paraskeva', pg. 135. 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., 'Trianda: Potamylo and Paraskeva', pg. 348. Online here.