Site details

Patras: Samakia

PK	C502
TITLE	Patras: Samakia
WGS84	38.240643° N, 21.755594° E
Accuracy	500 m.

LAT/LON	38.240643, 21.755594
LON/LAT	21.755594, 38.240643

DMS

38° 14' 26.3148" N

21° 45' 20.1384" E

W3W	fashion, score, monk
UTM	34 S, 566122.22, 4232785.28
EGSA87	303431, 4234610

Elevation m	102
Elevation feet	334.6
Region	Achaea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Åström [1965], 107    'Trial excavations on the hills behind the military barracks near Patras proved the existence of an extensive Mycenaean cemetery here.'
2.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 90    '..cemeteries of chamber tombs...'
3.    Cem.   Papadopoulos [1979], 26    '.. the existence of extensive Mycenaean cemeteries there.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Åström [1965]: 107, ' ... Mycenaean cemetery ...'

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 90, 'LH IIIA2-C'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 26, 'LHIIIB - SM'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 90, 'LH IIIA2-C'

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 26, 'LHIIIB - SM'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 90, 'LH IIIA2-C'

5. 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. Åström [1965]: Åström, Paul. ‘Mycenaean Pottery from the Region of Aigion, with a List of Prehistoric Sites in Achaia’, Opuscula Atheniensia, V, pp. 89-110, C.W.K. Gleerup, Lund, 1965., 'Samakia.', pg. 107.

2. 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.'

3. 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.