Site details

Acropolis: NE Houses

PK	C1846
TITLE	Acropolis: NE Houses
WGS84	37.972245° N, 23.727236° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.972245, 23.727236
LON/LAT	23.727236, 37.972245

DMS

37° 58' 20.082" N

23° 43' 38.0496" E

W3W	arena, lorry, cheat
UTM	34 S, 739556, 4206245
EGSA87	475894, 4202483

Elevation m	152
Elevation feet	498.7
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Buildings

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Mountjoy [1995], 45    ' ... and a large piece of lead weighing 4.1 kgs.'
2.    House.   Broneer [1935], 111    ' ... traces of small houses were discovered, ... '
3.    House.   Mountjoy [1995], 45    'At about the same time as the descent to the underground sring (sic) was constructed flimsy houses were built over the north- east ascent ... '
4.    Pottery.   Mountjoy [1995], 45    ' ... buried under a Mycenaean deposit including almost whole pots ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Mountjoy [1995]: 45, 'At about the same time as the descent to the underground sring (sic) was constructed flimsy houses were built ... ' On p. 43 Mountjoy says: 'The stairway was constructed at the same time as the Fortification Wall in LHIIIB, ... '

2. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Mountjoy [1995]: 45, 'These houses were in use for a short time only and suddenly abandoned in LHIIIC Early, ...'
    b.    Broneer [1935]: 111, ?? ' ... which, to judge from the pottery found on the floors, were abandoned abruptly at a time near the end of the Mycenaean period.'

NOTE

1. Cf. Mylonas [2010] 26, fn. 11.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Broneer [1935]: Broneer, Oscar. ‘Excavations on the North Slope of the Acropolis in Athens, 1933-1934’, Hesperia (4:2), pp. 109-188, 1935., '' ... traces of small houses were discovered, ... '', pg. 109. Online here.

2. Mountjoy [1995]: Mountjoy, Penelope A.. Mycenaean Athens. Paul Åströms Förlag, Jonsered, Sweden. 1995., 'The North-East Houses', pg. 45.

3. Mylonas [2010]: Mylonas, George E.. Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries. Cyceon Tales Publications. Elefsina, 2010., '',