Aigion: No 8 Polychroniadou
| PK | C491 |
| TITLE | Aigion: No 8 Polychroniadou |
| WGS84 | 38.251594° N, 22.089742° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 38.251594, 22.089742 |
| LON/LAT | 22.089742, 38.251594 |
| DMS | 38° 15' 5.7384" N | , | 22° 5' 23.0712" E |
| W3W | chatters, brownie, thudding |
| UTM | 34 S, 595350, 4234292 |
| EGSA87 | 332702, 4235168 |
| Elevation m | 48 |
| Elevation feet | 157.5 |
| Region | Achaea |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015], 316 ' ..., bone implements and a fragment of a boar's tusk, lead joints used to repair a large vessel, stone tools and querns, and spindle whorls, are among the finds ... '2. Building. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015], 315 'A large rectangular building ... was erected during the LH I period ... '
3. Building. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2006], 134
4. Lithics. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015], 316 ' ..., stone tools and querns, ... '
5. Pottery. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015], 315 'In the LH IIA period, Mycenaean pottery, either decorated, monochrome or unpainted, is now imported in greater quantities.', ' ... decorated table ware, semi-globular cups decorated with spirals or Vapheio-type cups with foliate bands. Matt-painted pottery is still in use.', ' ...goblets and a strainer-cup, ... '
6. Settlement. Simpson [2018], 281 ' ..., so that it is difficult to estimate the extent of the Mycenaean settlement here; ... '
7. Town. Iliad, ' ..., and that dwelt about Aegium and throughout all Aegialus, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
a. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2006]: 134,
b. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015]: 315, 'A large rectangular building ... was erected during the LH I period ... '
2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Simpson [2018]: 281, ' ..., and include remains of LH II - LH IIIA1 houses ... '
b. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015]: 317, 'In this context should also be mentioned a body fragment from an oval Minoan transport amphora ..., of light brown clay with inclusions, decorated with a spiral. These amphorae of the LH II period are usually grave furnishings in rich tombs, ... '
3. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015]: 315, ' ... and continued in use in LH IIA times.', 'In the LH IIA period, Mycenaean pottery, either decorated, monochrome or unpainted, is now imported in greater quantities.'
4. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015]: 316, ' ... new walls were introduced in the interior, changing the ground plan during the subsequent LH IIB-IIIA1 phase.'
b. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015]: 320, 'At the end of the LH IIB-IIIA1 period the building on plot no. 7 is destroyed by ire, thus adding Aigion to the list of numerous settlements that faced destruction, though not necessarily abandonment, at the end of the Prepalatial period.'
5. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
a. Simpson [2018]: 281, ' ..., and include remains of LH II - LH IIIA1 houses ... '
b. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015]: 316, ' ... new walls were introduced in the interior, changing the ground plan during the subsequent LH IIB-IIIA1 phase.'
c. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015]: 320, 'At the end of the LH IIB-IIIA1 period the building on plot no. 7 is destroyed by ire, thus adding Aigion to the list of numerous settlements that faced destruction, though not necessarily abandonment, at the end of the Prepalatial period.'
NOTES
1. See a detailed map of 8 Polychroniadou in Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015] 315, Fig. 2
2. In Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015] 315-17 the reader will find a description, more detailed than I can give here, of the pottery from this plot.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Iliad: Homer. Iliad. The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924., '2.574', Online here.
2. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2006]: Papazoglou-Manioudaki, Lena. ‘The Middle Helladic and Late Helladic I Periods at Aigion in Achaea’, Philippa-Touchais et al. [2006], 'The Late Helladic I Period at Aigion', pg. 134.
Online here.
3. Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2015]: Papazoglou-Manioudaki, Lena. ‘The Early Mycenaean settlement at Aigion in Achaea and the western frontier of the north-east Peloponnese’, In Schallin and Tournavitou [2015], 313-324, 'The Early Mycenaean settlement at Aigion in Achaea and the western frontier of the north-east Peloponnese', pg. 313.
Online here.
4. Schallin and Tournavitou [2015]: Schallin, Ann-Louise and Iphiyenia Tournavitou (eds.). Mycenaeans up to date; The archaeology of the north-eastern Peloponnese - Current concepts and new directions. ACTA INSTITUTI ATHENIENSIS REGNI SUECIAE, SERIES IN 4°, 56, Stockholm, 2015., '',
5. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Aigion (Il. 2.574)', pg. 280.
Online here.