Site details

Palairos: Kekropoula

PK	C633
TITLE	Palairos: Kekropoula
WGS84	38.835497° N, 20.82373° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.835497, 20.82373
LON/LAT	20.82373, 38.835497

DMS

38° 50' 7.7892" N

20° 49' 25.428" E

W3W	among, darkened, rocker
UTM	34 S, 484701, 4298537
EGSA87	224145, 4303029

Elevation m	167
Elevation feet	547.9
Region	Acarnania

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 183    'LH III sherds were found ... '
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 160    'Mycenaean sherds were found in association with Cyclopean walls near the southwest gate of the extensive fortress ...'
3.    Wall.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 183    ' ... in association with Cyclopean walls ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 183, 'LH III sherds were found in association with Cyclopean walls ... '

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 160, 'LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 183, 'LH III(A-B) G A ... '

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 160, 'LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 183, 'LH III(A-B) G A ... '

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 183, 'LH III(A-B) G A ... ', 'Finds ranging from G to H have been reported recently from near Palairos ... '

5. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 183, 'LH III(A-B) G A ... ', 'Finds ranging from G to H have been reported recently from near Palairos ... '

NOTE

1. Ms. Benton has illustrated a sherd from this area in BSA (32), 1931-1932, p. 238, fig. 19, no. 7 which is online here. Also ibid., 239, fn 2.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 41 Palairos: Kekropoula', pg. 160. 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., 'E 8 Palairos: Kekropoula', pg. 183. Online here.