Site details

Lilaia: Kato Agoriani: Conical Hill

PK	C1622
TITLE	Lilaia: Kato Agoriani: Conical Hill
WGS84	38.632853° N, 22.501007° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.632853, 22.501007
LON/LAT	22.501007, 38.632853

DMS

38° 37' 58.2708" N

22° 30' 3.6252" E

W3W	facemask, booster, disagree
UTM	34 S, 630647, 4277104
EGSA87	369379, 4276814

Elevation m	325
Elevation feet	1066.3
Region	Doris

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1079
2.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 80    'The upper surface of the hill measures about 200 m. north to south by 130 m. ... many fragments from coarse Bronze Age vessels were found in 1959, and also some Grey and Yellow minyan ware sherds and a fragment with monochrome paint which apeared to be from a LH III deep bowl.'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 261    'A small pointed hill ..., and only 400 m. SE of the village, was a prehistoric settlement.'
4.    Sherds.   Phialon [2011], 63    ' ... comprenait des tessons HA et quelques HM ainsi que des briques crues.'
5.    Sherds.   Wallace [1991], 53    'It was on this hill that the Phokis-Doris Expedition opened several test trenches that brought to light Early, Middle, and Late Helladic Ill pottery.'
6.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 261    ' ..., many fragments from coarse BA vessels were found, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 80,  Size: 26000 sq. m.  'The upper surface of the hill measures about 200 m. north to south by 130 m. ...'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 261,  Size: 26000 sq. m.  'A small pointed hill c. 200 m. N-S by 130 m. ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Wallace [1991]: 53, '...brought to light Early, Middle, and Late Helladic III pottery.'
    b.    Phialon [2011]: 63, ' ... comprenait des tessons HA et quelques HM ainsi que des briques crues.'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 80, 'MH LH III C H'
    b.    Wallace [1991]: 53, '...brought to light Early, Middle, and Late Helladic III pottery.'
    c.    Phialon [2011]: 63, ' ... comprenait des tessons HA et quelques HM ainsi que des briques crues.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 261, ' ..., with some Grey and Yellow Minyan sherds ... '

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 80, 'MH LH III C H'
    b.    Wallace [1991]: 53, '...brought to light Early, Middle, and Late Helladic III pottery.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1079,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 261, ' ... and a fragment which seemed to be from a LH IIIB deep bowl.'

NOTE

1. For a ground plan of the acropolis of Lilaia see Kase [1991] Fig. 4-14.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Kase [1991]: Kase, E.W. . The Great Isthmus Corridor Route: Explorations of the Phokis-Doris Expedition. Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1991., '',

2. 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.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 63A Lilaia (formerly Kato Agoriani)', pg. 80. 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 68 Lilaia (Formerly Kato Agoriani)', pg. 261. Online here.

5. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1079.

6. Wallace [1991]: Wallace, Paul W... ‘Description of Sites’, Chapter 4 in Kase [1991] 46-55, ''Lilaia'', pg. 53.