Site details

Arethousa

PK	C5229
TITLE	Arethousa
WGS84	38.456592° N, 23.611187° E
Accuracy	500 m.

LAT/LON	38.456592, 23.611187
LON/LAT	23.611187, 38.456592

DMS

38° 27' 23.7312" N

23° 36' 40.2732" E

W3W	withdrew, saves, nuance
UTM	34 S, 727845, 4259707
EGSA87	465927, 4256261

Elevation m	8
Elevation feet	26.2
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 227    'A group of PG vases from here is described by V.R. Desborough (Protogeometric Pottery (1952) 199).'
2.    Sherds.   Sackett et al. [1966], 59    'Lauffer (in Philippson, ...) reported sherds ...'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 227    'N and EH sherds were found near the spring of Arethousa ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 59, '...; Neolithic and E.H. are confirmed by Theochares.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 227, 'N and EH sherds were found ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 227, 'MH and LH have been claimed, ... '

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 59, '...from the earliest Neolithic to L.H. from the area of this spring; ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 227, 'MH and LH have been claimed, ... '

4. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 59, 'A group of Protogeometric pots from here ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 227, 'A group of PG vases from here ... '

NOTE

1. Under the name 'Arethousa' Sackett [1966] 59, '43. Chalkis: Arethousa' is referring to a large area in southern Chalkis with a wide variety of finds. The marker itself is placed on the Spring of Arethousa. The rock-cut stairway (C) is at F3706 and graves (C?) are at F3701. Various cemetery complexes continue to at least as far south as Valtos (F3758).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Sackett et al. [1966]: Sackett, L.H., and V. Hankey, R.J. Howell, T.W. Jacobsen, M.R. Popham. ‘Prehistoric Euboea: Contributions toward a Survey’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, pp. 33-112, [1966], '43. Chalkis: Arethousa', pg. 59. Online here.

2. 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., 'F 79 Chalkis: Arethousa', pg. 227. Online here.