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Medeon: Acropolis

PK	C1707
TITLE	Medeon: Acropolis
WGS84	38.366281° N, 22.683164° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.366281, 22.683164
LON/LAT	22.683164, 38.366281

DMS

38° 21' 58.6116" N

22° 40' 59.3904" E

W3W	stably, festoons, doctors
UTM	34 S, 647044, 4247797
EGSA87	384811, 4246989

Elevation m	47
Elevation feet	154.2
Region	Phocis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Fossey [1986], 29    'The site's history seems to run with little break from EHII or III to the end of the 2nd century B.C., ...'
2.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 255    'Excavations on the hill and in its neighbourhood have produced evidence of a substantial settlement, apparently founded in EH III.'
3.    Settlement.   Phialon [2011], 43    ' ..., les traces d'un habitat contemporain sont principalement attestées par les niveaux mycéniens, ... '
4.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 77    ' ... and was also the site of a substantial prehistoric settlement, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Phialon [2011]: 44, 'Les traces d'occupation attestées à partir de la fin de l'HA, ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1986]: 29,
    b.    Phialon [2011]: 44, ' ..., voire de l'HA II ... '

3. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 255, 'EH III MH LHIIIA1-C PG G A C H'
    b.    Fossey [1986]: 29,
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 77, ' ... which apparently began in the EH III period.'

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 255, 'EH III MH LHIIIA1-C PG G A C H'
    b.    Fossey [1986]: 29,
    c.    Phialon [2011]: 44, 'L'horizon HM a été détruit par les aménagement ultérieurs.', 'Les restes de murs HM sont attestées sur le flanc est de l'ensellement et sur l'acropole.'
    d.    Simpson [1981]: 77, 'Two whole vases of the late Middle Helladic period ... may have come from earlier tombs, ... '

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1986]: 29,

6. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Phialon [2011]: 44, ' ..., puisque des vases mycéniens de l'HR II ont été trouvés dans les tombes ... '

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Phialon [2011]: 44, 'Les murs mycéniens découverts ... ne peuvent, selon C. Vatin, être datés d'une période antérieure à l'HR III A.'

8. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 255, 'EH III MH LHIIIA1-C PG G A C H'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 77, 'A number of Mycenaean tombs here have produced a fine sequence of Mycenaean pottery from the LH IIIA1 to the LH IIIC periods.'

9. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 255, 'EH III MH LHIIIA1-C PG G A C H'

10. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 255, 'EH III MH LHIIIA1-C PG G A C H'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 77, 'A number of Mycenaean tombs here have produced a fine sequence of Mycenaean pottery from the LH IIIA1 to the LH IIIC periods.'

11. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 255, 'EH III MH LHIIIA1-C PG G A C H'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 77, 'A number of Mycenaean tombs here have produced a fine sequence of Mycenaean pottery from the LH IIIA1 to the LH IIIC periods.'

12. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 77, 'Cremation pits of Protogeometric and Geometric date were also found, ... '

13. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 77, 'A few graves are attributed to the end of the LH IIIC period, perhaps contemporary with Sub-Mycenaean.'

14. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 77, 'Cremation pits of Protogeometric and Geometric date were also found, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Fossey [1986]: Fossey, John M.. The Ancient Topography of Eastern Phokis. Gieben, Amsterdam, 1986., '3. Ayioi Theodhoroi (= anc. Medeon?)', pg. 26.

2. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.2.2.6. Médeon de Phocide (ou Hagioi Théodoroi); Béotie (Phocide ant.)', pg. 43.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 49 Ancient Medeon', pg. 77. 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 51 ANCIENT MEDEON', pg. 255. Online here.