Site details

Epivatai (Baktche, Baktse)

PK	C1650
TITLE	Epivatai (Baktche, Baktse)
WGS84	40.499142° N, 22.903257° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.499142, 22.903257
LON/LAT	22.903257, 40.499142

DMS

40° 29' 56.9112" N

22° 54' 11.7252" E

W3W	furnishings, crediting, grocers
UTM	34 T, 661277, 4484899
EGSA87	406917, 4483451

Elevation m	15
Elevation feet	49.2
Region	Macedonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Mound.   Rey [1917-19], 134    'La " toumba " de Baktché ... '
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 180    'Two Mycenaean sherds and sixteen of local LB were among the surface finds.'
3.    Sherds.   Rey [1917-19], 134    ' ... : tessons très abondants.'
4.    Sherds.   French [1967], 59    'Myc - 15-16'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 180, 'EB MB? LB LH (III)'
    b.    French [1967]: 59, 'EB - EB 2: 1-6'

2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 180, 'EB MB? LB LH (III)'
    b.    French [1967]: 59, '?MB - Grey: 7-8'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 59, 'Myc - 15-16'

4. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 180, 'EB MB? LB LH (III)'
    b.    French [1967]: 59, 'LB - Brown b.: 17-26; ... '

5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 180, 'EB MB? LB LH (III)'

NOTES

1. For photographs of the mound before buildings and trees obscured it see the images in Rey [1917] 132, fig. 106; 133, figs. 107 and 108.

2. The Mycenaean Atlas Project would like to thank Dr. Stratos Nanoglou of the University of Thessalonika for making available a copy of French [1967] which would have been otherwise difficult to obtain.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. French [1967]: French, D.H.. Index of Prehistoric Sites in Central Macedonia and Catalogue of Sherd Material in The University of Thessaloniki. Athens, 'Epivatai (Baktse) V 7', pg. 11.

2. Rey [1917-19]: Rey, Leon. ‘VIII. - Vallée de la Vassilika’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (41-43) 127-161. 1917-19., '6. - Baktché (Toumba. Fig. 106, 107).', pg. 132. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'L 22 Epivatai', pg. 180. DH French, CM No. V 7
Online here.