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Ninoi: Cave of Pan

PK	C1506
TITLE	Ninoi: Cave of Pan
WGS84	38.15857° N, 23.931818° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.15857, 23.931818
LON/LAT	23.931818, 38.15857

DMS

38° 9' 30.852" N

23° 55' 54.5448" E

W3W	beggar, multiplies, glimmers
UTM	34 S, 756877, 4227471
EGSA87	493878, 4223124

Elevation m	92
Elevation feet	301.8
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cave

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson [1981], 51    '...and Bronze Age material has been found near the entrances.'
2.    Cave.   Ålin [1962], 111    ' ... grosse Kultgrotte ... '
3.    Cave.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 220    'Its evidence for cult remains to be substantiated.'
4.    Sherds.   Phialon [2011], 135    ' ..., la grotte de Marathon-Ninoi a livré des tessons HM, HR III (A-B) et peut-être HR I/II.'
5.    Sherds.   Privitera [2013], 156    '..., è registrato il rinvenimento di ceramica TE I-II e TE III A-B...'
6.    Spring.   Ålin [1962], 111    'Ninoi, eine Quelle 3 km westlich von Marathon.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 111, ' ... aus neolithischer Zeit bis Ende von SH III, ... '

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 51, EH (I?-II) MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B) C
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 219, 'N EH (I?-)II MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B) C'

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 51, EH (I?-II) MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B) C
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 219, 'N EH (I?-)II MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B) C'

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 51, EH (I?-II) MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B) C
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 219, 'N EH (I?-)II MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B) C'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 111, ' ... aus neolithischer Zeit bis Ende von SH III, ... '
    d.    Phialon [2011]: 135, ' ..., la grotte de Marathon-Ninoi a livré des tessons HM, HR III (A-B) et peut-être HR I/II.'

5. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 51, EH (I?-II) MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B) C
    b.    Privitera [2013]: 156, '... di ceramica TE I-II e TE III A-B...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 219, 'N EH (I?-)II MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B) C'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 219, 'N EH (I?-)II MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B) C'
    e.    Ålin [1962]: 111, ' ... aus neolithischer Zeit bis Ende von SH III, ... '
    f.    Phialon [2011]: 135, ' ..., la grotte de Marathon-Ninoi a livré des tessons HM, HR III (A-B) et peut-être HR I/II.'

6. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 51, EH (I?-II) MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B) C
    b.    Privitera [2013]: 156, '...di ceramica TE I-II e TE III A-B...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 219, 'N EH (I?-)II MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B) C'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 111, ' ... aus neolithischer Zeit bis Ende von SH III, ... '
    e.    Phialon [2011]: 135, ' ..., la grotte de Marathon-Ninoi a livré des tessons HM, HR III (A-B) et peut-être HR I/II.'

7. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 111, ' ... aus neolithischer Zeit bis Ende von SH III, ... '

8. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 51, EH (I?-II) MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B) C
    b.    Privitera [2013]: 156, '...di ceramica TE I-II e TE III A-B...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 219, 'N EH (I?-)II MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B) C'
    d.    Phialon [2011]: 135, ' ..., la grotte de Marathon-Ninoi a livré des tessons HM, HR III (A-B) et peut-être HR I/II.'

9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 51, EH (I?-II) MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B) C
    b.    Privitera [2013]: 156, '...di ceramica TE I-II e TE III A-B...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 219, 'N EH (I?-)II MH LH I/II? LH III(A-B) C'
    d.    Phialon [2011]: 135, ' ..., la grotte de Marathon-Ninoi a livré des tessons HM, HR III (A-B) et peut-être HR I/II.'

NOTE

1. J.G. Frazer describes the location and nature of the cave in his commentary on Pausanias, vol. II, 'Commentary on Book I', ch. xxxii, p. 439. MacMillan, 1898.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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

2. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.3.1.18. Du lac de Marathon au sud-est du mont Pentéli', pg. 135.

3. Privitera [2013]: Privitera, Santo. Principi, Pelasgi, e pescatori: L'Attica nella Tarda Eta del Bronzo. . Paestum: Pandemos. 2013., '39. Grotta di Pan a Ninoi', pg. 156.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 43 Marathon: Ninoi (the Cave of Pan)', pg. 51. Online here.

5. 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 53 Marathon: Ninoi (The Cave of Pan)', pg. 219. Online here.