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Anthochorion: Levendi Hill

PK	C1599
TITLE	Anthochorion: Levendi Hill
WGS84	38.553471° N, 22.8076° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	38.553471, 22.8076
LON/LAT	22.8076, 38.553471

DMS

38° 33' 12.4956" N

22° 48' 27.36" E

W3W	rickshaw, carts, nappies
UTM	34 S, 657508, 4268775
EGSA87	395951, 4267613

Elevation m	174
Elevation feet	570.9
Region	Phocis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Fossey [1986], 69
2.    Sherds.   Phialon [2011], 119    ' ... des tessons ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 259    '...and some BA sherds including one from a LH IIIB kylix; ...'
4.    Sherds.   Livieratou [2006], 112    '..., but also some BA coarse ware and a fragment from a LHIIIB kylix. Wall masonry, resembling Cyclopean, was noted on the east side of the hill...'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 78    '... some Bronze Age coarse ware and a fragment from a LH IIIB kylix were found in 1959.'
6.    Wall.   Fossey [1986], 69    '...while somewhere on the East side has been observed a stretch of possibly Cyclopean wall.'
7.    Wall.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 259    'In 1959 walling resembling Cyclopean was noted on the E side, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Livieratou [2006]: 112, '...some BA coarse ware...'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1986]: 69, 'N MH (grey Minyan) LHIIIA2-B PG G A and C (black glaze) H'
    b.    Phialon [2011]: 119, ' ..., des tessons HM ont, ..., été identifiés sur la colline d'Anthochorion-Levendi.'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 258, '...resembling Cyclopean ...'

4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 78, 'LH IIIA2-B C H'
    b.    Fossey [1986]: 69, 'N MH (grey Minyan) LHIIIA2-B PG G A and C (black glaze) H'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 258, 'LH IIIA2-B C H'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 78, 'LH IIIA2-B C H'
    b.    Fossey [1986]: 69, 'N MH (grey Minyan) LHIIIA2-B PG G A and C (black glaze) H'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 259, '... a LH IIIB kylix, ...'
    d.    Livieratou [2006]: 112, '...fragment from a LHIIIB kylix.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Fossey [1986]: Fossey, John M.. The Ancient Topography of Eastern Phokis. Gieben, Amsterdam, 1986., '16. Bélesi (= anc. Parapotamioi)', pg. 69.

2. Livieratou [2006]: Livieratou, Antonia. After the palace and before the polis: study cases from the centre and the periphery; The transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age in the Argolid and Central Greece (Phokis - East Lokris)', Vol. 1. Dissertation for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Edinburgh, 2006., '2.1.12 Parapotamioi', pg. 112. Online here.

3. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.3.1.6 En remontant le cours du Céphise', pg. 118.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 56 Anthochorion: Levendi', pg. 78. 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., 'G 59 Anthochorion', pg. 258. Online here.