Rakhita/Trachis
| PK | C1633 |
| TITLE | Rakhita∕Trachis |
| WGS84 | 38.801966° N, 22.419822° E |
| Accuracy | 50 m. |
| LAT/LON | 38.801966, 22.419822 |
| LON/LAT | 22.419822, 38.801966 |
| DMS | 38° 48' 7.0776" N | , | 22° 25' 11.3592" E |
| W3W | wicket, sweater, earmark |
| UTM | 34 S, 623289.59, 4295758.26 |
| EGSA87 | 362636, 4295700 |
| Elevation m | 63 |
| Elevation feet | 206.7 |
| Region | Malis |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds
TYPE
1. Pottery. Wallace [1991], 48 'Pottery from the surface and from our trial excavations ...'2. Settlement. Simpson [2018], 434 '? ' ... a site at a place called Rakhita ... '
3. Sherds. Simpson [1981], 81 '...and on its north slopes, Middle Helladic and Mycenaean sherds were found in 1958.'
4. Sherds. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 264 'Here, on a small projecting tongue of land ..., and on its N slopes MH (including Grey Minyan and Δ1β ware) and LH III sherds were found.'
5. Sherds. Phialon [2011], 124 'A Rachita, le niveau le plus bas d'un sondage a livré de la céramique HM et ... '
6. Town. Iliad, 'Now all those again that inhabited Pelasgian Argos, and dwelt in Alos and Alope and Trachis, ... '
SITE SIZE
- Simpson and Dickinson [1979] p. 264, Size: 3000 sq. m. ' ... c. 60 m. E-W by 50 m., ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 81, 'MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC?'
b. Phialon [2011]: 124, ' ... a livré de la céramique HM et ... '
c. Simpson [2018]: 434, 'In 1958, Mycenaean (LH IIIA-B) sherds were found in almost all parts of the site, and some MH.'
d. Simpson [2018]: 435, 'The trial trench produced MH Grey Minyan and Matt-painted in the lowest level, ... '
e. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 264, ' ... MH (including Grey Minyan and Δ1β ware) ... were found.'
2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 264, ' ... and LH III sherds were found.'
3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Wallace [1991]: 48, '...dates this site to the Middle-Helladic, Late Helladic Ill A-B and Ill C, Geometric and...'
b. Simpson [2018]: 434, 'In 1958, Mycenaean (LH IIIA-B) sherds were found in almost all parts of the site, and some MH.'
4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 81, 'MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC?'
b. Phialon [2011]: 124, ' ... des tessons HR III A2 - C.'
c. Simpson [2018]: 435, 'The trial trench produced MH Grey Minyan and Matt-painted in the lowest level, and LH IIIA2, LH IIIB and LH IIIC Early in the middle level, ... '
5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 81, 'MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC?'
b. Wallace [1991]: 48, '...dates this site to the Middle-Helladic, Late Helladic Ill A-B and Ill C, Geometric and...'
c. Phialon [2011]: 124, ' ... des tessons HR III A2 - C.'
d. Simpson [2018]: 434, 'In 1958, Mycenaean (LH IIIA-B) sherds were found in almost all parts of the site, and some MH.'
e. Simpson [2018]: 435, 'The trial trench produced MH Grey Minyan and Matt-painted in the lowest level, and LH IIIA2, LH IIIB and LH IIIC Early in the middle level, ... '
6. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 81, 'MH LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC?'
b. Wallace [1991]: 48, '...dates this site to the Middle-Helladic, Late Helladic Ill A-B and Ill C, Geometric and...'
c. Phialon [2011]: 124, ' ... des tessons HR III A2 - C.'
d. Simpson [2018]: 435, 'The trial trench produced MH Grey Minyan and Matt-painted in the lowest level, and LH IIIA2, LH IIIB and LH IIIC Early in the middle level, ... '
7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Wallace [1991]: 48, '...dates this site to the Middle-Helladic, Late Helladic Ill A-B and Ill C, Geometric and...'
b. Simpson [2018]: 435, ' ... surface investigation in 1977 and trial trench in 1979 have documented occupation of the site in the MH, Mycenaean and later periods, including Geometric and Archaic ... '
8. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Wallace [1991]: 48, '...dates this site to the Middle-Helladic, Late Helladic Ill A-B and Ill C, Geometric and Archaic periods, ... '
b. Simpson [2018]: 435, ' ... surface investigation in 1977 and trial trench in 1979 have documented occupation of the site in the MH, Mycenaean and later periods, including Geometric and Archaic ... '
NOTES
1. In locating this site I have followed Simpson [2018] 434: " ... immediately above it are two railway bridges on the side of the cliffs ... " This differs a bit from Kase [1991], Fig. 3.1, no 12 but it seems to agree with Kase [1991] Fig. 1-9, 'Rakhita' which is almost unreadable.
2. Simpson equates Rakhita with Homeric Trachis. For his arguments see Simpson [2018] 435.
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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. Kase [1991]: Kase, E.W. . The Great Isthmus Corridor Route: Explorations of the Phokis-Doris Expedition. Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1991., '',
3. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.3.1.9. Des pentes nord-est aux pentes nord-ouest du mont Oeta', pg. 124.
4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 72 Rakhita', pg. 81.
Online here.
5. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Trechis (Il. 2.682)', pg. 432.
Online here.
6. 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 77 Rakhita', pg. 264.
Online here.
7. Wallace [1991]: Wallace, Paul W... ‘Description of Sites’, Chapter 4 in Kase [1991] 46-55, 'Rakhita', pg. 48.