Site details

Platanovrysi: Bithelis

PK	C644
TITLE	Platanovrysi: Bithelis
WGS84	38.126629° N, 21.750329° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	38.126629, 21.750329
LON/LAT	21.750329, 38.126629

DMS

38° 7' 35.8644" N

21° 45' 1.1844" E

W3W	adeptly, sidebars, tycoons
UTM	34 S, 565764, 4220131
EGSA87	302663, 4221968

Elevation m	336
Elevation feet	1102.4
Region	Achaea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1965], 223    A ring, etc.
2.    Cem.   Ålin [1962], 65    'Kyparissis untersuchte hier 1932 eine Nekropole aus deren zerstörten und geplünderten Gräbern nur 4 Vasen gerettet werden konnten.'
3.    Cem.   Åström [1965], 106    'Kyparissis investigated, in 1932, a Mycenaean cemetery near the village of Mentzena on the property of Dimitrios Bithelis and found 4 vases of "unusual type" ... '
4.    Cem.   Papadopoulos [1979], 28    Kyparisses discovered and investigated some plundered and destroyed Late Helladic tombs on the property of Dimitrios Bithelis;...
5.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 88    'A cemetery of chamber tombs, ... '
6.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 91    'A cemetery of plundered chamber tombs...'
7.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 88    ' ..., from one of which four vases were recovered.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 28, ' ... Late Helladic tombs ...'
    b.    Åström [1965]: 106, ' ..., a Mycenaean cemetery ... '

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 91, 'LH (III)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 88, 'LH (III)'

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AD[1965]: 223, ' ... γεωμετρικός ... '

NOTE

1. All of our sources mention the four vases taken from one of the tombs and I am certain that they all are referencing the same site. Only Papadopoulos gives locational information. He says that the site was on the right (west) of the road from Kallithea to Chalandritsa. He shows this in his map (Papadopoulos [1978] 14, fig. 19. Marker 20 labelled 'Bithelis'.). This has led me to the somewhat notional placing of this marker.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1965]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 20, '', pg. 223.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Mentzena', pg. 65.

3. Åström [1965]: Åström, Paul. ‘Mycenaean Pottery from the Region of Aigion, with a List of Prehistoric Sites in Achaia’, Opuscula Atheniensia, V, pp. 89-110, C.W.K. Gleerup, Lund, 1965., 'Mentzena', pg. 106.

4. Papadopoulos [1978]: Papadopoulos, Thanasis J.. Mycenaean Achaea; Part 2: Figures. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden. 1978. Vol 2. , 'Fig. 19.', pg. 14.

5. Papadopoulos [1979]: Papadopoulos, Thanasis J.. Mycenaean Achaea; Part 1: Text. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden. 1979. Vol 1., '20 - 21 Platanovrisis (Medzena)', pg. 28.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 39 Platanovrysi (formerly Medzena)', pg. 91. Online here.

7. 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 47 Platanovrysi (Formerly Medzena)', pg. 88. Online here.