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Akhinous/Echinous (Alope?)

PK	C1613
TITLE	Akhinous∕Echinous (Alope?)
WGS84	38.895726° N, 22.725345° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	38.895726, 22.725345
LON/LAT	22.725345, 38.895726

DMS

38° 53' 44.6136" N

22° 43' 31.242" E

W3W	rinks, steers, experts
UTM	34 S, 649625, 4306620
EGSA87	389312, 4305690

Elevation m	108
Elevation feet	354.3
Region	Malis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Simpson [2018], 432    ' ... known Mycenaean settlement in the vicinity indicated by Stephanus is Echinous itself.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 82    '..but a few Mycenaean and one Middle Helladic were also found.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 266    'Most of the sherds were C or H, but a few LH III sherds and a piece of MH Grey Minyan ware were also found.'
4.    Town.   Iliad,     'Now all those again that inhabited Pelasgian Argos, and dwelt in Alos and Alope and Trachis, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [2018]  p. 432,  Size: 30000 sq. m.  ' ...; an acropolis with an upper surface c. 200 m x c. 150 m ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 82, 'MH LH IIIA2-B C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 266, ' ... and a piece of MH Grey Minyan ware were also found.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2018]: 432, ' ... known Mycenaean settlement ... '

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 266, ' ..., but a few LH III sherds ... '

4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 82, 'MH LH IIIA2-B C H'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 82, 'MH LH IIIA2-B C H'

NOTE

1. For the argument that Echinous might be the Homeric Alope see Simpson [2018] 432.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Iliad: Homer. Iliad. The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924., '2.682', Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 75 Akhinos: Ancient Echinous', pg. 82. Online here.

3. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Alope (Il. 2. 682)', pg. 432. Online here.

4. 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 81 Akhinos: Ancient Echinous', pg. 266. Online here.