Site details

Patras: Aroe/Aroi

PK	C501
TITLE	Patras: Aroe∕Aroi
WGS84	38.242966° N, 21.751619° E
Accuracy	500 m.

LAT/LON	38.242966, 21.751619
LON/LAT	21.751619, 38.242966

DMS

38° 14' 34.6776" N

21° 45' 5.8284" E

W3W	obeyed, motel, dream
UTM	34 S, 565772, 4233040
EGSA87	303089, 4234876

Elevation m	88
Elevation feet	288.7
Region	Achaea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 90    '..cemeteries of chamber tombs...'
2.    Cem.   Papadopoulos [1979], 26    '.. the existence of extensive Mycenaean cemeteries there.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 90, 'LH IIIA2-C'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 26, 'LHIIIB - SM'

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 26, 'LHIIIB - SM'

4. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 26, 'LHIIIB - SM'

NOTE

1. '.. extensive Mycenaean cemeteries of chamber tombs in the hills behind Patras on the east, mainly comprising the groups at Aroe Mesatis,...'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Papadopoulos [1979]: Papadopoulos, Thanasis J.. Mycenaean Achaea; Part 1: Text. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden. 1979. Vol 1., '9. Aroe-Samakia', pg. 26. 'Part of these lay at Aroe and part at Samakia.'

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 27 Patras: Aroe, Samakia, Lopesi, and Gerokomeion', pg. 90. Online here.