Site details

Ayios Ioannis

PK	C3428
TITLE	Ayios Ioannis
WGS84	36.839093° N, 22.776099° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	36.839093, 22.776099
LON/LAT	22.776099, 36.839093

DMS

36° 50' 20.7348" N

22° 46' 33.9564" E

W3W	copied, linguistics, uncorks
UTM	34 S, 658370, 4078495
EGSA87	390721, 4077433

Elevation m	58
Elevation feet	190.3
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Laconia I, 87    'The surface of a field (150 by 130 m.) on the top of this hill is covered with ancient sherds, mainly classical and Hellenistic, but also including M.H., and some possibly L.H.'
2.    Settlement.   Banou [1996], 57    '...kann die Existenz einer offensichtlich kleinen mykenischen Siedlung hier gut erklaren, ...'
3.    Sherds.   Banou [1996], 57    'Hier hatte Hope Simpson ein paar mittelhelladische und späthelladische ... Scherben aufgesammelt, ...'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 115    'Some MH sherds and others possibly LH were found on the top surface ... of the hill above the village.'

SITE SIZE

- Laconia I  p. 87,  Size: 19500 sq. m.  'The surface of a field (150 by 130 m.)...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Laconia I: 87, 'The surface of a field (150 by 130 m.) on the top of this hill is covered with ancient sherds, mainly classical and Hellenistic, but also including M.H., and some possibly L.H.'
    b.    Banou [1996]: 57, '...mittelhelladische...'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Laconia I: 87, 'The surface of a field (150 by 130 m.) on the top of this hill is covered with ancient sherds, mainly classical and Hellenistic, but also including M.H., and some possibly L.H.'
    b.    Banou [1996]: 57, '...späthelladische...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 115, 'Some MH sherds and others possibly LH were found on the top surface ... of the hill above the village.'

NOTE

1. Contributed by Professor S. Murray, University of Toronto.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '34. Ayios Ioannis', pg. 57.

2. 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., 'C 28 Ayios Ioannis', pg. 115. Online here.

3. Laconia I: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part I’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 55, pp.67-107, 1960, 'Ayios Ioannis', pg. 87. Online here.