Site details

Cave of Pan

PK	C1505
TITLE	Cave of Pan
WGS84	38.148552° N, 23.672484° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	38.148552, 23.672484
LON/LAT	23.672484, 38.148552

DMS

38° 8' 54.7872" N

23° 40' 20.9424" E

W3W	ankles, figments, bouncing
UTM	34 S, 734183, 4225672
EGSA87	471154, 4222061

Elevation m	730
Elevation feet	2395
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Stubbings [1947], 9
2.    Artifacts.   AE [1906], 99
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 46    'In the Cave of Pan on Mt. Parnes, about 4 km. north of Chasia, MH Matt-painted and Mycenaean sherds were found. It has been deduced from the description that the Mycenaean sherds belong to the LH IIIC period ...'
4.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 111    '...auch mykenische Scherben und eine mattbemalte gefunden worden.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 220    'In the Cave of Pan on Mt. Parnes, c. 4 km. N of Chasia MH Matt-painted and LH III sherds were found.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 46, 'MH LH III(C?) C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 220, 'MH LH III(C?) C'

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Stubbings [1947]: 9,

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    AE [1906]: 99,

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 46, 'MH LH III(C?) C'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 112, 'Die mykenischen sind vermutlich aus IIIC.'
    c.    AE [1906]: 99,
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 220, 'MH LH III(C?) C'

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AE [1906]: 99,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AE [1906]: Archaiologike Ephemeris, Athens, Greece. 1906, '', pg. 99.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Chasia', pg. 111.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 13 Chasia: The Cave of Pan', pg. 46. Online here.

4. 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., 'F 56 Mt. Parnes: Cave of Pan Near Chasia', pg. 220. Online here.

5. Stubbings [1947]: Stubbings, F.H.. ‘The Mycenaean Pottery of Attica’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol 42, pp. 1-75, 1947., '', pg. 9. Online here.