Site details

Vlakherna: Plessa

PK	C525
TITLE	Vlakherna: Plessa
WGS84	37.739823° N, 22.275818° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.739823, 22.275818
LON/LAT	22.275818, 37.739823

DMS

37° 44' 23.3628" N

22° 16' 32.9448" E

W3W	specifics, llama, revisited
UTM	34 S, 612410, 4177715
EGSA87	347933, 4178060

Elevation m	660
Elevation feet	2165.4
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Howell [1970], 82    'A pink chert acraper … '
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 81    ' ... two possibly EH sherds, several MH, and one LH, scattered ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 88    '.. including a Mycenaean goblet or kylix foot, ..'
4.    Sherds.   Howell [1970], 82    '..several Middle Helladic sherds .., and a Mycenaean goblet or kylix foot ...'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 81,  Size: 5000 sq. m.  ' ... scattered over an area c. 100 m. by 50 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 82, 'I found two possibly Early Helladic sherds...'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 88, 'EH? MH LH'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 81, 'EH?'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 88, 'EH? MH LH'
    b.    Howell [1970]: 82, ' ..., I found ... several Midde Helladic sherds ..., '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 81, ' ... MH LH'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 88, 'EH? MH LH'
    b.    Howell [1970]: 82, ' ..., and a Mycenaean goblet or kylix foot ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 81, ' ... MH LH'

NOTE

1. Howell [1970] 82, no. 3 has the site of Vlakherna-Plessa 800 m. west of the hamlet of Plessa. Simpson [1981] 88 follows him in this. Plessa (now nearly deserted) is at 37.738512° N, 22.278676° E (F552). I estimate its actual distance to Vlakherna-Plessa at ca. 400 m.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Howell [1970]: Howell, R.. ‘A Survey of Eastern Arcadia in Prehistory’, The Annual of the British School at Athens. 65. November, 1970. 79-127., '3. Vlakherna (Bezeniko) - Plessa', pg. 82. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 13 Vlakherna: Plessa', pg. 88. Online here.

3. 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 25 Vlakherna: Plessa', pg. 81. Online here.