Site details

Levadeia

PK	C1970
TITLE	Levadeia
WGS84	38.438205° N, 22.8769° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	38.438205, 22.8769
LON/LAT	22.8769, 38.438205

DMS

38° 26' 17.538" N

22° 52' 36.84" E

W3W	flags, dwarfish, amounted
UTM	34 S, 663808, 4256105
EGSA87	401834, 4254747

Elevation m	158
Elevation feet	518.4
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Lauffer [1986], 98
2.    Artifacts.   Syriopoulos [1995], 977
3.    Cem.   AD[1999], 617
4.    Pottery.   Farinetti [2011 AI1], 2    Footnote 2 on p. 2: 'A LH III rython [AE787] in the Athens National Museum, registered as coming from Levadeia (component LE_6).'
5.    Pottery.   Ålin [1962], 121    'Ein Rhyton aus IIIB im Nationalmuseum von Athen stammt von hier.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI1]: 2, 'As for LH only a piece is reported as coming from the area, without exact provenance.', 'A LH III rython [AE787] in the Athens National Museum, registered as coming from Levadeia (component LE_6). '
    b.    Lauffer [1986]: 98,
    c.    AD[1999]: 617,

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 977,

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 121, ''Ein Rhyton aus IIIB...'

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI1]: 1, 'The earliest possible archaeological evidence for the occupation of the polis itself dates to the 8 th C BC' but Farinetti remarks that the evidence for G occupation is 'slight'.
    b.    Lauffer [1986]: 98,

NOTE

1. For Livadhia I reproduce Simpson and Dickinson [1979], p. 271, 'Appendix to Map G': 'A LH IIIA2 rhyton (MV 42, Pl. 19: 134) is said to have come from Livadhia (cf. MP 618, Ålin 121). But there is no known LH site near the town (cf. Euphrosyne 6 (1973-4) 10 n.19).'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1999]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 54, '', pg. 617.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Livadia', pg. 121. 'And see his note 25 on p. 121.'

3. Farinetti [2011 AI1]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.1; Central Helicon: Koroneiake. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., 'Appendix I.2 Northern Helicon: Levadeia', pg. 1.

4. Lauffer [1986]: Lauffer, Siegfried. Kopais; Untersuchungen zur historischen Landeskunde Mittelgriechenlands. Peter Lang GmbH. 1986., '', pg. 98.

5. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 977.