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Rodhia: Ayios Athanasios

PK	C516
TITLE	Rodhia: Ayios Athanasios
WGS84	38.08392° N, 21.808538° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	38.08392, 21.808538
LON/LAT	21.808538, 38.08392

DMS

38° 5' 2.112" N

21° 48' 30.7368" E

W3W	pearl, dumplings, entertain
UTM	34 S, 570907, 4215435
EGSA87	307654, 4217106

Elevation m	363
Elevation feet	1190.9
Region	Achaea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Building.   Simpson [1981], 92    'Middle Helladic and Mycenaean strata were tested here, and a building of megaron type is reported. But Mycenaean material was relatively scarce.'
2.    Building.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 90    ' ..., and a building of megaron type was noted.'
3.    hab.   PAE[1958], 167
4.    Settlement.   Giannopoulos [2008], 47    '...Siedlungsresten...'
5.    Settlement.   Papadopoulos [1979], 31    '... Ephor Zapheiropoulos discovered a prehistoric settlement.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 31, 'MH, LH IIB, IIIA (-B?)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 99, 'MH and LH III strata have been tested.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 92, 'MH LH III(A1-B)'

3. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 31, 'MH, LH IIB, IIIA (-B?)'

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 90, 'MH and LH III strata have been tested.'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 31, 'MH, LH IIB, IIIA (-B?)'
    b.    PAE[1958]: 167,

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 31, 'MH, LH IIB, IIIA (-B?)'
    b.    Giannopoulos [2008]: 46, 'Wenige SH IIIB-zeitliche Scherben wurden gesammelt ...'
    c.    PAE[1958]: 167,

7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    PAE[1958]: 167,

NOTE

1. Justification for this position can be found in blog posts here and here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1958]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1958., '', pg. 167.

2. Giannopoulos [2008]: Giannopoulos, T.. Die Letzte Elite der mykenischen Welt: Achaia in mykenischer Zeit und das Phänomen der Kriegerbestattungen im 12.-11. Jahrhundert v. Chr.. Bonn: Habelt. 2008., ''Bei einem Probeschnitt ...'', pg. 46.

3. Papadopoulos [1979]: Papadopoulos, Thanasis J.. Mycenaean Achaea; Part 1: Text. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden. 1979. Vol 1., '34. Ayios Athansios', pg. 30.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 42 Rodhia: Ayios Athanasios', pg. 92. 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 54 Rodhia: Ayios Athanasios', pg. 90. Online here.