Site details

Kotrona: Gisa

PK	C550
TITLE	Kotrona: Gisa
WGS84	37.889724° N, 21.546868° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	37.889724, 21.546868
LON/LAT	21.546868, 37.889724

DMS

37° 53' 23.0064" N

21° 32' 48.7248" E

W3W	visa, citrus, poacher
UTM	34 S, 548085.54, 4193720.72
EGSA87	284133, 4196129

Elevation m	137
Elevation feet	449.5
Region	Elis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 93    'It contained LH IIIA2-B inhumation burials and at least one LH IIIC cremation burial ..'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   AE [1971], 52
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 93    'In the region named Gisa here, ..., a chamber tomb was excavated.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 93, 'LH IIIA2-C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 93, 'LH IIIA2-B inhumations ...'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 93, 'LH IIIA2-C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 93, 'LH IIIA2-B inhumations ...'
    c.    AE [1971]: 52,

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 93, 'LH IIIA2-C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 93, '...and at least one LHIIIC cremation, whose pottery seems of advanced style.'
    c.    AE [1971]: 52,

NOTES

1.  The Mycenaean-period tholos tomb was reported by Parlama, L. (1971), "Θαλαμοειδὴς τάφος εἰς Ἀγραπιδοχώρι Ἠλείας" , Ἀρχ Ἐφ, Χρονικά, pp. 52-60.   In this Atlas it is AE [1971].

2.  SImpson and Dickinson [1979] 93 say 'At a place named Gisa here, on the south slope of a low hill and above a torrent bed, ...'

3.  From the marked position the 'torrent' is about 70 m. distant and directly S.

4.  Topoguide gives the small cluster of houses, about 80 m to the N, the name 'Karona'.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AE [1971]: Archaiologike Ephemeris, Athens, Greece. 1971, '', pg. 52.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 49 Agrapidochori: Kotrona: Gisa', pg. 93. 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 65 Agrapidochori: Kotrona: Gisa', pg. 93. Online here.