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Manthyrea: Panayia

PK	C532
TITLE	Manthyrea: Panayia
WGS84	37.413719° N, 22.387794° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.413719, 22.387794
LON/LAT	22.387794, 37.413719

DMS

37° 24' 49.3884" N

22° 23' 16.0584" E

W3W	evaluates, tour, biographies
UTM	34 S, 622811, 4141673
EGSA87	357179, 4141701

Elevation m	692
Elevation feet	2270.3
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    hab.   BCH Online, 1462
2.    Lithics.   Howell [1970], 94    'A large piece of obsidian and a piece of white flint were also found … '
3.    Sherds.   Howell [1970], 94    '...towards the Xeropotamos river lay a scatter of sherds, which included a few Early Helladic pieces, some Mycenaean, ...'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 78    'A scatter of sherds including some EH and LH was found ... '
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 85    'A scatter of sherds, including some EH and Mycenaean, was observed extending about 200 m. northwest from the church of Panayia, about a kilometre west of Manthyrea.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 94, '...towards the Xeropotamos river lay a scatter of sherds, which included a few Early Helladic pieces, some Mycenaean, ...'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 85, 'EH II LH III(A-B) C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 78, 'EH II LH III(A-B) ... '

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 94, '...towards the Xeropotamos river lay a scatter of sherds, which included a few Early Helladic pieces, some Mycenaean, ...'
    b.    BCH Online: 1462, ' ..., in the course of excavation connected with the project to re-establish Lake Taka, of Mycenaean -Late Roman walls ... '

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 85, 'EH II LH III(A-B) C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 78, 'EH II LH III(A-B) ... '

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 85, 'EH II LH III(A-B) C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 78, 'EH II LH III(A-B) ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, '', no. 1462. Online here. Online here.

2. Howell [1970]: Howell, R.. ‘A Survey of Eastern Arcadia in Prehistory’, The Annual of the British School at Athens. 65. November, 1970. 79-127., '33. Manthyrea (Kapareli) - Panayia', pg. 94. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 4 Manthyrea: Panayia', pg. 85. Online here.

4. 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 9 Manthyrea: Panayia', pg. 79. Online here.