Site details

Leuktra: Stoupa: Hab

PK	C447
TITLE	Leuktra: Stoupa: Hab
WGS84	36.842517° N, 22.26489° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.842517, 22.26489
LON/LAT	22.26489, 36.842517

DMS

36° 50' 33.0612" N

22° 15' 53.604" E

W3W	price, wearying, prayers
UTM	34 S, 612779, 4078149
EGSA87	345143, 4078519

Elevation m	65
Elevation feet	213.3
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 290    'Medium flat-topped acropolis'
2.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 166    'An isolated acropolis hill c. 400 m. ESE of the small harbour of Stoupa.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 133    'A few Mycenaean sherds were found on the hill, but most of the surface pottery was classical or later.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 133,  Size: 50000 sq. m.  'The maximum area of Mycenaean settlement appears to have been 250 m. east to west by 200 m.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 166,  Size: 50000 sq. m.  '...over an area c. 250 m. E-W by 200 m. (maximum), ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 290, 'MH? LH'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 290, 'MH? LH'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 166, 'A few LH III sherds were found on the hill over an area c. 250 m. E-W by 200 m. (maximum), ...'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 133, 'A few Mycenaean sherds were found on the hill...'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 133, 'A few Mycenaean sherds were found on the hill...'

NOTE

1. Associated with C102.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: McDonald, William A. and George R. Rapp, Jr.. The Minnesota Messenia Expedition: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Regional Environment. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. 1972, '148 (83) Stoupa: Levtro', pg. 290.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 139 Stoupa: Ancient Leuktra', pg. 133. Online here.

3. 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., 'D 148 Stoupa: Ancient Leuktra', pg. 166. Online here.