Site details

Astakos: Grabes

PK	C635
TITLE	Astakos: Grabes
WGS84	38.553286° N, 21.090598° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	38.553286, 21.090598
LON/LAT	21.090598, 38.553286

DMS

38° 33' 11.8296" N

21° 5' 26.1528" E

W3W	flounced, briefer, necked
UTM	34 S, 507894, 4267210
EGSA87	246319, 4270932

Elevation m	110
Elevation feet	360.9
Region	Acarnania

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   BSA [1932], 219    'Several trenches cut in a cave below the cliff yielded a big Mycenaean pithos in situ, ... '
2.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 160    'This Mycenaean settlement presumably commanded a route to the interior of Acarnania ...'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 183    ' ... much EH and LH III was found, ... '
4.    Sherds.   BSA [1932], 219    ' ... a shallow deposit of early Bronze-Age sherds was found.'
5.    Sherds.   BSA [1931], 244    'From 6 to 20 cm. of soil remained and this contained almost exclusively Early Bronze Age sherds.'
6.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 160    'On the top surface of the hill ... many EH and LH III sherds were found ...'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 160,  Size: 16000 sq. m.  'On the top surface of the hill (about 160 m. north to south by 100 m.) many ... sherds were found, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    BSA [1932]: 219, 'Below this Mycenaean pottery was an early Bronze-Age deposit.'
    b.    BSA [1931]: 244, ' ... and this contained almost exclusively Early Bronze Age sherds.'

2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 183, ' ... much EH and LH III was found, ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 160, 'Many EH and LH III sherds were found, ... ', ' ... in the fill of the cave on the east flank EH, MH, and LH III material was excavated, including LH IIIC.'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 182, ' ..., and in the fill of the cave on the E flank EH, MH, and LH III material was excavated, ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 160, , ' ... in the fill of the cave on the east flank EH, MH, and LH III material was excavated, including LH IIIC.'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    BSA [1932]: 219, 'In the Mycenaean pottery at Grabes was a bevelled cylix stem, ... ', ' ... a big Mycenaean pithos in situ, ... '
    b.    BSA [1931]: 242, ' ... Mycenaean pottery ... '

5. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    BSA [1932]: 219, ' ..., and sherds of L.M. IIIA and IIIB date.'

6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 182, ' ... much EH and LH III was found, ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 160, 'Many EH and LH III sherds were found, ... ', ' ... in the fill of the cave on the east flank EH, MH, and LH III material was excavated, including LH IIIC.'

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    BSA [1931]: 244, 'Several trenches in the opening of the cave and on the ground outside it gave many sherds of good L.M. III B date and some L.M. III A.'

8. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 160, 'LH IIIA2-C'

9. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    BSA [1932]: 219, ' ..., and sherds of L.M. IIIA and IIIB date.'
    b.    BSA [1931]: 244, 'Several trenches in the opening of the cave and on the ground outside it gave many sherds of good L.M. III B date and some L.M. III A.'

10. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 160, 'LH IIIA2-C'

11. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 160, 'LH IIIA2-C', ' ... in the fill of the cave on the east flank EH, MH, and LH III material was excavated, including LH IIIC.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 182, ' ..., and in the fill of the cave on the E flank EH, MH, and LH III material was excavated, inclluding LH IIIC; ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BSA [1932]: Annual of the British School at Athens, Athens, Greece. (33) 1932/1933., ''Astakos'', pg. 218. Online here.

2. BSA [1931]: Annual of the British School at Athens, Athens, Greece. (32) 1931/1932., '10. Astakos', pg. 243. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 39 Astakos: Grabes', pg. 160. 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., 'E 6 Astakos: Grabes', pg. 183. Online here.