Kalyvia: Pyrgos
| PK | C485 |
| TITLE | Kalyvia: Pyrgos |
| WGS84 | 37.909506° N, 22.307289° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.909506, 22.307289 |
| LON/LAT | 22.307289, 37.909506 |
| DMS | 37° 54' 34.2216" N | , | 22° 18' 26.2404" E |
| W3W | stone, smarmy, confidential |
| UTM | 34 S, 614920, 4196580 |
| EGSA87 | 351047, 4196838 |
| Elevation m | 750 |
| Elevation feet | 2460.6 |
| Region | Arcadia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab
TYPE
1. Lithics. Simpson [1965], 38 'Obsidian was plentiful, ... '2. Pottery. Simpson [2018], 333 'The Mycenaean pottery was of quite good quality, indicating several pieces from kylikes, angular bowls and deep bowls.'
3. Pottery. Simpson [1981], 89 'The Mycenaean pottery was of quite good quality, ... '
4. Settlement. Simpson [1981], 89 'This appears to have been a fairly important Mycenaean settlement, well situated to control the more fertile parts of the Pheneos plain, ... '
5. Settlement. Simpson [2018], 334 'Pyrgos was evidently an important Mycenaean centre, ... '
6. Settlement. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 84 'On the E side of the hill, beneath an Asklepieion of the 2nd century B.C., and to N of it, deep soundings have revealed MH and LH strata.'
7. Sherds. Simpson [2018], 333 ' ... one sherd apparently Neolithic.'
8. Sherds. Simpson [1965], 38 'In 1958 my wife and I collected many fragments of prehistoric and Mycenaean pottery from the south-east slopes of Pyrgos, ... The sherds included one apparently Neolithic ... , some MH coarse ware, and several fragments of Mycenaean Kylikes, Angular Bowls, and Deep Bowls, ranging in date from LH IIIA:2 to LH IIIC:1.'
9. Sherds. Howell [1970], 97 ' ... I foujnd two Middle Helladic sherds ... as well as several Mycenaean ..., ... '
SITE SIZE
- Howell [1970] p. , Size: 37500 sq. m.
- Simpson [1981] p. 89, Size: 37500 sq. m. 'Sherds of these periods have also been found over most of the surface of the hill, over an area about 250 m. northwest to southeast by 150 m., ... '
- Simpson and Dickinson [1979] p. 84, Size: 37500 sq. m. '...most of the hill (c. 250 m. N-S by 150 m.)...'
- Simpson [1965] p. 38, Size: 37500 sq. m. The sherds were spread over an extent of about 250 m. by 150 m.
- Simpson [2018] p. 333, Size: 37500 sq. m. ' ..., in an area c. 250 m northwest to southeast by c. 150 m, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Neolithic: (6500 BC - 3200 BC)
a. Simpson [2018]: 333, ' ... one sherd apparently Neolithic.'
2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Simpson [1965]: 37, 'N(?) EH(?) MH LH IIIA:2 - C:1 G(?) C H'
3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 84, 'EH II MH LH IIIA2-B G? A? C H'
4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Howell [1970]: 97, 'In roughly the same area I found two Middle Helladic sherds ...'
b. Simpson [1981]: 97, '..deep soundings have revealed Middle Helladic and Mycenaean strata. Sherds of these periods have also been found over most of the surface of the hill'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 84, 'EH II MH LH IIIA2-B G? A? C H'
d. Simpson [1965]: 37, 'N(?) EH(?) MH LH IIIA:2 - C:1 G(?) C H'
e. Simpson [2018]: 333, ' ... MH and Mycenaean strata; ... '
5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Howell [1970]: 97, '..and Mycenaean sherds from all over the surface of the hill.'
b. Simpson [1981]: 97, '..deep soundings have revealed Middle Helladic and Mycenaean strata. Sherds of these periods have also been found over most of the surface of the hill'
c. Simpson [2018]: 333, ' ... MH and Mycenaean strata; ... '
6. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Howell [1970]: 97, '..as well as Mycenaean (L.H. IIIA 2 - IIIC 1), ...'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 84, 'EH II MH LH IIIA2-B G? A? C H'
c. Simpson [1965]: 37, 'N(?) EH(?) MH LH IIIA:2 - C:1 G(?) C H'
7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Howell [1970]: 97, '..as well as Mycenaean (L.H. IIIA 2 - IIIC 1), ...'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 84, 'EH II MH LH IIIA2-B G? A? C H'
c. Simpson [1965]: 37, 'N(?) EH(?) MH LH IIIA:2 - C:1 G(?) C H'
8. LH IIIC1: (1190 BC - 1130 BC)
a. Howell [1970]: 97, '..as well as Mycenaean (L.H. IIIA 2 - IIIC 1), ...'
b. Simpson [1965]: 37, 'N(?) EH(?) MH LH IIIA:2 - C:1 G(?) C H'
9. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Simpson [1965]: 38, ' ... and a fragment apparently from the base of a Geometric Skyphos.'
b. Simpson [2018]: 334, ' ... one sherd appeared to be from the base of a Geometric skyphos.'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Howell [1970]: Howell, R.. ‘A Survey of Eastern Arcadia in Prehistory’, The Annual of the British School at Athens. 65. November, 1970. 79-127., '40. Kalyvia-Pyrgos (anc. Pheneus)', pg. 97.
Online here.
2. Simpson [1965]: Simpson, R. Hope. A Gazetteer and Atlas of Mycenaean Sites. London, Institute of Classical Studies, 1965., ''83 Pyrgos (Pheneos)'', pg. 37.
3. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Pheneos (Il. 2. 605)', pg. 332.
Online here.
4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 20 Kalyvia: Pyrgos (Ancient Pheneos)', pg. 89.
Online here.
5. 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., 'B 34 Kalyvia: Pyrgos (Ancient Pheneos)', pg. 84.
Online here.