Site details

Patras: Pagona: Chrisovitsiou Street 9

PK	C1980
TITLE	Patras: Pagona: Chrisovitsiou Street 9
WGS84	38.239152° N, 21.75417° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.239152, 21.75417
LON/LAT	21.75417, 38.239152

DMS

38° 14' 20.9472" N

21° 45' 15.012" E

W3W	boggles, outlined, flicks
UTM	34 S, 565999, 4232619
EGSA87	303302, 4234447

Elevation m	74
Elevation feet	242.8
Region	Achaea

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   BCH Online, 2096    'Houses with stone basements and brick superstructures were built on large terraces and depressions in the sandstone bedrock.'
2.    hab.   Dietz and Stavropoulou-Gatsi [2010], 122    '... habitation ...'
3.    Sherds.   Giannopoulos [2008], 62    '...In den gestörten Schichten wurde mykenische Keramik gefunden, ...'

SITE SIZE

- Dietz and Stavropoulou-Gatsi [2010]  p. 122,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  'On the basis of the plots examined it is estimated that the habitation covered at least 1.5 ha (approximately 100 × 160 m) on the very top of the hill ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Dietz and Stavropoulou-Gatsi [2010]: 122, '... a considerable amount of pottery dating from the end of the MH and the beginning of the Mycenaean period...'

2. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Dietz and Stavropoulou-Gatsi [2010]: 122, '... the presence of small fine tempered cups with loop-handles on the rim also found in MH III contexts in Northeastern Peloponnese.'

3. MH IIIA: (1775 BC - 1740 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 2096, '... MH IIIA ...'

4. MH IIIB: (1740 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 2096, 'In the succeeding, MH IIIB-LH I (/IIA ?) horizon, goblets and kraters are among the most popular shapes...'

5. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 2096, 'In the succeeding, MH IIIB-LH I (/IIA ?) horizon, goblets and kraters are among the most popular shapes...'

6. LH IB: (1660 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 2096, 'Bowls with wish-bone handles are paralleled in MH IIIB-LH IB western Greece, ...'

7. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Dietz and Stavropoulou-Gatsi [2010]: 122, 'This stratum is well dated by preserved pottery to the LH IIB/LH IIIA1 period.'
    b.    Giannopoulos [2008]: 62, '... sowie ein SH IIB-IIIA1 Goblet.'

8. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 2096, 'In the succeeding, MH IIIB-LH I (/IIA ?) horizon, goblets and kraters are among the most popular shapes...'
    b.    Dietz and Stavropoulou-Gatsi [2010]: 122, 'The two uppermost architectural phases are of the Mycenaean age dated within the general frame of LH IIIA and B.'
    c.    Giannopoulos [2008]: 62, '... die überwiegend den Phasen SH IIIA-B angehört...'

9. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Dietz and Stavropoulou-Gatsi [2010]: 122, 'This stratum is well dated by preserved pottery to the LH IIB/LH IIIA1 period.'

10. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Dietz and Stavropoulou-Gatsi [2010]: 122, 'The two uppermost architectural phases are of the Mycenaean age dated within the general frame of LH IIIA and B.'
    b.    Giannopoulos [2008]: 62, '... die überwiegend den Phasen SH IIIA-B angehört...'

NOTE

1. Additional bibliography: a) Giannopoulos [2008], pp. 60-63.

rhc

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Pagona', no. 2096. Online here. Online here.

2. Dietz and Stavropoulou-Gatsi [2010]: Dietz, Søren and Maria Stavropoulou-Gatsi. ‘Pagona and the Transition from Middle Helladic to Mycenaean in Northwestern Peloponnese’, Philippa-Touchais et al. [2006], pp. 121-128, 2006., '', pg. 122. Online here.

3. Giannopoulos [2008]: Giannopoulos, T.. Die Letzte Elite der mykenischen Welt: Achaia in mykenischer Zeit und das Phänomen der Kriegerbestattungen im 12.-11. Jahrhundert v. Chr.. Bonn: Habelt. 2008., '', pg. 62. 'Die wichtigste Notgrabung fand aber bei der Fundstelle 4 (Odos Chrysovitsiou 9) statt.'