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Lazarides: Hab

PKC1592
TITLELazarides: Hab
WGS84 37.722249° N, 23.507279° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.722249, 23.507279
LON/LAT 23.507279, 37.722249

DMS 37° 43' 20.0964" N,23° 30' 26.2044" E

W3Wmowers, regency, roomier
UTM34 S, 720978, 4177958
EGSA87 456429, 4174825

Elevation m320
Elevation feet 1049.9
RegionSaronic
SubregionAigina





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [2018], 266    ' ..., a LH building and three built Mycenaean chamber tombs were found ... '
2.    Chamber Tomb.   BCH [1980], 590    '...une tombe à chambre mycénienne ...', 'qui contenait des vases ..., des petits objects (perles de faïence, sceau en stéatite) et des idoles ...'
3.    hab.   BCH Online, 1928    Several large buildings
4.    Settlement.   AR[1987], 14    'A previously unreported LH settlement and cemetery were identified in 1979 ... '
5.    Settlement.   Sgouritsa [2015], 139    ' ... another significant settlement located in eastern Aegina (Fig. 1), near a semi-mountainous village, close to arable land, called Lazarides.'


SITE SIZE

- BCH Online  p. 1928,  Size:  sq. m.  Size not given but aerial inspection indicates that it was of moderate size.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    BCH [1980]: 590, '...mycénienne...'
    b.    AR[1987]: 14, 'Finds include LH pottery and terracotta figures, beads, sealstones and a bronze dagger ... '
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 266, ' ..., a LH building and three built Mycenaean chamber tombs were found ... '

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1928, '...and fine wares including several LHI/II decorated with ripple pattern'
    b.    Sgouritsa [2015]: 139, 'Some LH I/II Mycenaean potsherds, ... '

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1928, '...and fine wares including several LHI/II decorated with ripple pattern'
    b.    Sgouritsa [2015]: 139, 'Some LH I/II Mycenaean potsherds, ... '

4. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1928, '...and one LHIIIA1 with stipple pattern'
    b.    Sgouritsa [2015]: 139, 'The LH IIIA1 finds from the site are limited to only a few potsherds, ... '

5. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1928, 'From this area, and below a small stepped construction, a small mould-made lead weight (ca. 20g) in the shape of a duck (Fig. 3) was found with LHIIIA2 and LHIIIB1 sherds.'
    b.    Sgouritsa [2015]: 139, 'The development of the site began during the LH IIIA2 period, ... ', 'The use of this type of tomb at Lazarides started in LH IIIA2 period,'

6. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1928, 'From this area, and below a small stepped construction, a small mould-made lead weight (ca. 20g) in the shape of a duck (Fig. 3) was found with LHIIIA2 and LHIIIB1 sherds.'

7. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Sgouritsa [2015]: 139, ' ..., a group of pottery displays characteristics of the LH IIIB2 period, ... '

8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1928, '... as well as Mycenaean (LHI/II - LHIIIC Early)'
    b.    Sgouritsa [2015]: 140, 'It is repeatedly reported that Kolonna exported these highly prized Aeginetan vessels, even during the LH IIIC period.'

NOTE

1.  Additional bibliography about the site of Lazarides:
  • Sgouritsa, Naya. 'Lazarides on Aigina: Another Prehistoric Site' (Poster) in BCH Supplement 52, online here.
  • BCH online, no. 242, online here.


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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  BCH Online:  Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Lazarides', no. 1928. Online here. Online here.

2.  BCH [1980]:  Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 104-1, 104-2, 1980., ''Égine.'', pg. 590. Online here.

3.  AR[1987]:  Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (34) 1987., 'Aegina: Lazarides.', pg. 14. Online here.

4.  Schallin and Tournavitou [2015]:  Schallin, Ann-Louise and Iphiyenia Tournavitou (eds.). Mycenaeans up to date; The archaeology of the north-eastern Peloponnese - Current concepts and new directions. ACTA INSTITUTI ATHENIENSIS REGNI SUECIAE, SERIES IN 4°, 56, Stockholm, 2015., '',

5.  Sgouritsa [2015]:  Sgouritsa, Naya. ‘The Mycenaean settlement at Lazarides on eastern Aegina: Relationships with the north-eastern Peloponnese’, Schallin and Tournavitou, edd. [2015] 325 - 336., '', pg. 139. Online here.

6.  Simpson [2018]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Aigina (Il. 2.567)', pg. 264. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1592 is at 37.71434° N, 23.52379° E, a straight-line distance of 1 km and 700 m.