Site details

Stanford Skourta A2

PK	C5208
TITLE	Stanford Skourta A2
WGS84	38.155191° N, 23.520261° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	38.155191, 23.520261
LON/LAT	23.520261, 38.155191

DMS

38° 9' 18.6876" N

23° 31' 12.9396" E

W3W	patters, bothered, wages
UTM	34 S, 720822, 4226036
EGSA87	457820, 4222855

Elevation m	470
Elevation feet	1542
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    Fort.   Munn and Zimmermann[1989], 94    ? ' ... identified as either a Prehistoric refuge associated with the later Attic deme of Melainai ..., or as a temporary military camp on the frontier of Attika, probably of Classical or Hellenistic date ... '
2.    hab.   Farinetti [2011 AI14], 39    '..., while occupation is also known at A2, B10 and B33 sites.'
3.    Settlement.   Munn and Zimmermann[1989], 94    ' ..., the small community which settled at Korynokastro at the end of the Bronze Age evidently sought security above all.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Munn and Zimmermann[1989]: 95, Catalogue no. 50.

2. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Munn and Zimmermann[1989]: 94, ' ... proving that it was occupied in the LH IIIC ... ', 'The majority of the identifiable pottery is of the LH III C tradition.'
    b.    Munn and Zimmermann[1989]: 94, Catalogue nos. 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58.

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI14]: 39, 'Proto-Geometric period.'
    b.    Munn and Zimmermann[1989]: 94, ' ... to Early Protogeometric period.'
    c.    Munn and Zimmermann[1989]: 96, Catalogue nos. 54, 55, 56, 57

4. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Munn and Zimmermann[1989]: 95, ' ... is certainly a Submykenaian site.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Farinetti [2011 AI14]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.14; The Tanagra plain and Eastern Boeotia. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., 'Proto-Geometric period.', pg. 39.

2. Fossey et al.[1989]: Fossey, John M., Jacques Morin (eds.). Boeotia Antiqua I; Papers on Recent Work in Boiotian Archaeology and History. J.C. Gieben, Pub., Amsterdam, 1989., '',

3. Munn and Zimmermann[1989]: Munn, Mark H. and Mary Lou Zimmermann Munn. ‘Studies on the Attic-Boiotian Frontier: The Stanford Skourta Plain Project, 1985’, in Fossey et al. [1989], 'A2 Korynokastro', pg. 94.