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Itea: Gla

PK	C1606
TITLE	Itea: Gla
WGS84	38.451603° N, 22.434066° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	38.451603, 22.434066
LON/LAT	22.434066, 38.451603

DMS

38° 27' 5.7708" N

22° 26' 2.6376" E

W3W	glosses, cigar, flowerbed
UTM	34 S, 625134, 4256897
EGSA87	363209, 4256797

Elevation m	83
Elevation feet	272.3
Region	Phocis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Desborough [1964/2007], 126    '...tombs...'
2.    hab.   AE [1956], 24
3.    hab.   Ålin [1962], 132    '...ein Dorf am Meer, ...'
4.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 132    '...Mauerreste und mykenische Scherben, die alle aus SH III stammen.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 258    'Surface material from the hill includes certain LH IIIA2-B and probable LH IIIC.'
6.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 78    'Surface sherds found include fine quality LH IIIA2-B and some probably LH IIIC.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 78, '...sherds found include fine quality LH IIIA2-B and some probably LH IIIC.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 258, ' ... certain LH IIIA2-B ... '

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 78, '...sherds found include fine quality LH IIIA2-B and some probably LH IIIC.'
    b.    AE [1956]: 24,
    c.    Desborough [1964/2007]: 126, '...LH. III B, ...'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 132, '2 Alabastra und eine Oinochoe sind dagegen aus IIIB.'
    e.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 258, ' ... certain LH IIIA2-B ... '

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 78, '...sherds found include fine quality LH IIIA2-B and some probably LH IIIC.'
    b.    AE [1956]: 24,
    c.    Desborough [1964/2007]: 126, '...the deep bowl and the jug presumably belong to L.H. III C, ...'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 257, ' ... and probable LH IIIC.', ' ... LH IIIC? ... '

4. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AE [1956]: 24,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 257, ' ... "PG"'

NOTE

1. I have high confidence that this is the correct ridge. It appears that it's being eaten away from both sides by Bauxite quarries.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AE [1956]: Archaiologike Ephemeris, Athens, Greece. 1956, '', pg. 24.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Itea', pg. 132.

3. Desborough [1964/2007]: Desborough, V.R.d'A.. The Last Mycenaeans and Their Successors: An Archaeological Survey, c. 1200 - c. 1000 B.C.. Wipf & Stock, 2007. Originally published in 1964 by Oxford University Press. , '5. Phocis and Locris', pg. 122.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 54 Itea: Gla', 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 57 Itea: Gla', pg. 257. Online here.