Site details

Pyrgaki Hill

PK	C651
TITLE	Pyrgaki Hill
WGS84	38.104401° N, 21.824529° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	38.104401, 21.824529
LON/LAT	21.824529, 38.104401

DMS

38° 6' 15.8436" N

21° 49' 28.3044" E

W3W	personal, migraines, malting
UTM	34 S, 572289, 4217720
EGSA87	309110, 4219346

Elevation m	708
Elevation feet	2322.8
Region	Achaea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    settlement.   Åström [1965], 103    'An extensive prehistoric settlement was discovered on the hill Pyrgaki above Katarraktis.'
2.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 65    ' ... auf dem Pyrgaki-Hügel, oberhalb von Katarraktis wurden Siedlungsreste aus prähistorischer Zeit gefunden, die aber sehr zerstört waren.'
3.    Settlement.   Papadopoulos [1979], 31    'Scanty traces of an extensive MH settlement, much denuded, have been recovered on the hill Pyrgaki, 1.1/2 km. NW of Drakotrypa and above the village of Katarraktis.'
4.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 90    'A large MH settlement was tested on this hill c. 600 m. N of Katarraktis.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Prehistoric: (4000 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Åström [1965]: 103, 'An extensive prehistoric settlement was discovered ... '
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 65, ' ... aus prähistorischer Zeit ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 31, 'Scanty traces of an extensive MH settlement, much denuded, have been recovered on the hill Pyrgaki, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 90, 'A large MH settlement ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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

2. 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., 'Katarraktis', pg. 103.

3. Papadopoulos [1979]: Papadopoulos, Thanasis J.. Mycenaean Achaea; Part 1: Text. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden. 1979. Vol 1., '37. Pyrgaki', pg. 31.

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 53 Katarraktis: Pyrgaki', pg. 89. Online here.