Site details

Ayia Paraskevi/Ayia Marina

PK	C1600
TITLE	Ayia Paraskevi∕Ayia Marina
WGS84	38.596493° N, 22.75046° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	38.596493, 22.75046
LON/LAT	22.75046, 38.596493

DMS

38° 35' 47.3748" N

22° 45' 1.656" E

W3W	bulked, liberated, drizzling
UTM	34 S, 652438, 4273453
EGSA87	391037, 4272454

Elevation m	145
Elevation feet	475.7
Region	Phocis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 259    'Some objects found at separate spots on virgin soil, including copper implements and a steatite stamp-seal, ... '
2.    hab.   Hunter [1953], 108
3.    hab.   PAE[1910], 163
4.    hab.   PAE[1911], 205
5.    Settlement.   Phialon [2011], 48    'Des sondages et des puits, ... sur le tell, ... '
6.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 259    'Trial excavations established a long history of occupation, ... '
7.    Sherds.   Livieratou [2006], 111    'Soteriades excavated here in 1910-11 and noted that he found Late Mycenaean pottery in the upper layers of the site, ...'
8.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 79    '...a fine variety of stratified wares. Some Mycenaean pottery was found.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 79,  Size: 12000 sq. m.  'The site is not large (about 120 m. east to west by 100 m.), ...'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 259,  Size: 12000 sq. m.  ' ... (c. 120 m. E-W by 100 m.) ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Phialon [2011]: 48, ' ..., qui ont livré en majorite des tessons HA et HR III.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 259, 'Some objects ..., seem likely to be EH ... '

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 79, 'EH I-III MH LH IIIA-B LH IIIC?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 259, ' ... EH I-III ... '

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 79, 'EH I-III MH LH IIIA-B LH IIIC?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 259, ' ... EH I-III ... '

4. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 79, 'EH I-III MH LH IIIA-B LH IIIC?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 259, ' ... EH I-III ... '

5. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 79, 'EH I-III MH LH IIIA-B LH IIIC?'
    b.    Phialon [2011]: 48, ' ... ont fourni des tessons HM.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 259, ' ... EH I-III MH ... '

6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    PAE[1910]: 163,
    b.    PAE[1911]: 205,
    c.    Phialon [2011]: 48, ' ..., qui ont livré en majorite des tessons HA et HR III.'

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 79, 'EH I-III MH LH IIIA-B LH IIIC?'
    b.    Hunter [1953]: 108,
    c.    Livieratou [2006]: 111, 'According to a later report on the Late Mycenaean material, it included LHIIIA-LHIIIC pottery.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 259, ' ... LH IIIA - B ... '

8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 79, 'EH I-III MH LH IIIA-B LH IIIC?'
    b.    Hunter [1953]: 108,
    c.    Livieratou [2006]: 111, 'According to a later report on the Late Mycenaean material, it included LHIIIA-LHIIIC pottery.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 259, ' ... LH IIIA - B ... '

9. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 79, 'EH I-III MH LH IIIA-B LH IIIC?'
    b.    Hunter [1953]: 108,
    c.    Livieratou [2006]: 111, 'According to a later report on the Late Mycenaean material, it included LHIIIA-LHIIIC pottery.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 259, ' ... LH IIIC?'

NOTES

1. This site was placed by using Topoguide and Google Earth. Examination of the elevations shows a rise of about two meters running from NE (about 38.596309°, 22.750269°) to SW ( 38.595535°, 22.747967°). Topoguide shows a local maximum of 144 m. at about 38.596275°, 22.750957°. In addition Topoguide puts a marker labelled 'Prehistoric Ceramic' at approx. 38.595088°, 22.749590°. Taken together this seemed to me enough to establish the site.

2. Phialon [2011] 48 says that, notwithstanding the presence of MH sherds, no exclusively MH layer has been found.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1910]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1910., '', pg. 163.

2. PAE[1911]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1911., '', pg. 205.

3. Hunter [1953]: Hunter, A.. The Bronze Age in Thessaly and its Environs, with Special Reference to Mycenaean Culture. B. Litt. thesis, Oxford, 1953., '', pg. 108.

4. 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., '2.1.11 Ag. Marina/Magoula', pg. 111. See photograph, fig. 43 on p. 111 for overall view.
Online here.

5. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.2.2.9. Haghia Paraskevi-Haghia Marina Phthiotide', pg. 47.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 58 Ayia Paraskevi: Ayia Marina', pg. 79. Online here.

7. 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 61 Ayia Paraskevi: Ayia Marina', pg. 259. Online here.