Site details

Lachania

PK	C1392
TITLE	Lachania
WGS84	35.966769° N, 27.861578° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.966769, 27.861578
LON/LAT	27.861578, 35.966769

DMS

35° 58' 0.3684" N

27° 51' 41.6808" E

W3W	exaggerated, husky, chandelier
UTM	35 S, 577685, 3980606
EGSA87	848116, 3986873

Elevation m	80
Elevation feet	262.5
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Rhodes

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1135
2.    Pottery.   Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 149    'Some Mycenaean vases from Lachania were reported by Maiuri.'
3.    Pottery.   Maiuri [1923], 253    'Varie ceramiche micenee provenienti da localita non determinata del territorio di Lachania sono nel Musel di Rodi.'
4.    Pottery.   Simpson [1981], 197    'Some Mycenaean vases were recovered from the area of this village.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Maiuri [1923]: 253, '...micenee ...'
    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1135,

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 197, 'LH IIIA2-B'
    b.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 149, 'They appear to be of the range L.H. IIIA 2 to L.H. IIIB.'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 197, 'LH IIIA2-B'
    b.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 149, 'They appear to be of the range L.H. IIIA 2 to L.H. IIIB.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Maiuri [1923]: Maiuri, A.. ‘Jalisos - Scavi della Missione Archeologica Italiana a Rodi (Parte I e II)’, Annuario 06-07 (1923-1924), pp. 83-340., 'Lachania', pg. 253. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Lachania', pg. 197. Online here.

3. 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., 'Lachania', pg. 149. Online here.

4. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1135.