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Megali Vrysi: Platania

PKC1614
TITLEMegali Vrysi: Platania
WGS84 38.896983° N, 22.487716° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 38.896983, 22.487716
LON/LAT 22.487716, 38.896983

DMS 38° 53' 49.1388" N,22° 29' 15.7776" E

W3Wapplaud, unloaded, reversal
UTM34 S, 629014, 4306397
EGSA87 368706, 4306145

Elevation m4
Elevation feet 13.1
RegionMalis





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 82    'To south of the road at this point is a fairly large "low mound" site, about 170 m. northwest to southeast by 150 m.'
2.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 265    'A large "low mound" site ...'
3.    Mound.   Simpson [1965], 141    'A large 'lowmound' settlement ... '
4.    Pottery.   Phialon [2011], 63    'La couche HM a fourni de la céramique ... '
5.    Settlement.   Vouvalidis et al. [2010], 65    'The study area includes the remains of a prehistoric settlement situated at the Platania location near the village of Agia Paraskevi. The settlement appears today as a low mound ...'
6.    Settlement.   Simpson [1965], 141    'A large 'lowmound' settlement ... ', 'It appears therefore that this site was relatively large and important in the MH and LH periods.'
7.    Sherds.   Simpson [1965], 141    'Lazenby and I (Antiquity loc . cit.) found many sherds of MH Grey Minyan ware, ... '


SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 82,  Size: 25500 sq. m.  '... about 170 m. northwest to southeast by 150 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 82, 'EH? MH LH IIIB LH IIIC?'
    b.    Vouvalidis et al. [2010]: 65, '...the early Helladic (2.40-3.60 m depth)...'
    c.    Simpson [1965]: 141, ' ... EH MH ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 82, 'EH? MH LH IIIB LH IIIC?'
    b.    Vouvalidis et al. [2010]: 65, '...the Middle-Helladic stratum (0.3-2.4 m depth), ...'
    c.    Phialon [2011]: 63, 'La couche HM a fourni de la céramique ... '
    d.    Simpson [1965]: 141, ' ... EH MH ... '

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Vouvalidis et al. [2010]: 65, 'A trial trench ... brought to light four successive cultural strata ... the Mycenaean stratum (0.00-0.3 m depth)...'
    b.    Phialon [2011]: 63, 'La couche mycénienne était perturbée par les travaux de labour.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 82, 'EH? MH LH IIIB LH IIIC?'
    b.    Simpson [1965]: 141, ' ... LH IIIB-C:1 G'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 265, '...and many LH III sherds were found, ...'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 82, 'EH? MH LH IIIB LH IIIC?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 265, 'N EH? MH LH IIIB LH IIIC? G'

6. LH IIIC1: (1190 BC - 1130 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1965]: 141, ' ... LH IIIB-C:1 G'

7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1965]: 141, ' ... LH IIIB-C:1 G'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 265, '...and part of a G skyphos...', 'N EH? MH LH IIIB LH IIIC? G'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Phialon [2011]:  Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.2.2.32. Autres sites stratifiés', pg. 63.

2.  Simpson [1965]:  Simpson, R. Hope. A Gazetteer and Atlas of Mycenaean Sites. London, Institute of Classical Studies, 1965., '474 Platania (Megali Vrysi) near Lamia', pg. 141.

3.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 74 Megali Vrysi: Platania', pg. 82. 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 79 Megali Vrysi: Platania', pg. 265. Online here.

5.  Vouvalidis et al. [2010]:  Vouvalidis, K. and G. Syrides, K. Pavlopoulos, M. Papakonstantinou, and P. Tsourlos. Vouvalidis, K., et al.. ‘Holocene palaeoenvironmental changes in Agia Paraskevi prehistoric settlement, Lamia, Central Greece’, Quaternary International (xxx), pp. 1-11 2009., '2.1 Archaeological Information', pg. 65. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1614 is at 38.87765° N, 22.54606° E, a straight-line distance of 5 km and 495 m.