Site details

Pharai/Lalikosta

PK	C653
TITLE	Pharai∕Lalikosta
WGS84	38.092062° N, 21.732926° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	38.092062, 21.732926
LON/LAT	21.732926, 38.092062

DMS

38° 5' 31.4232" N

21° 43' 58.5336" E

W3W	vocations, allowing, liquidity
UTM	34 S, 564269, 4216283
EGSA87	301044, 4218169

Elevation m	133
Elevation feet	436.4
Region	Achaea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Papadopoulos [1979], 30    '..are many grave mounds of unknown date, in the plain of ancient Pharai, east of the river Peiros.'
2.    Cem.   Paschalidis [2018], 13    'The tumuli ... ', ' ... early Mycenaean funerary monuments ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 30, 'LH (?), G'
    b.    Paschalidis [2018]: 13, ' ..., are often included by most scholars in the catalogue of probable early Mycenaean funerary monuments of the region.'

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 30, 'LH (?), G'
    b.    Paschalidis [2018]: 13, ' ..., which contained Geometric graves, ... '

NOTE

1. Justification for this position can be found in blog posts here and here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Papadopoulos [1979]: Papadopoulos, Thanasis J.. Mycenaean Achaea; Part 1: Text. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden. 1979. Vol 1., '31. Pharai (Lalikosta)', pg. 30.

2. Paschalidis [2018]: Paschalidis, Constantinos (with contributions by Photini J.P. McGeorge and Wiesław Więckowski). The Mycenaean Cemetery at Achaia Clauss near Patras; People, material remains and culture in context. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7LG. 2018., 'The tumuli at the neighboring site of Pharai ..., ', pg. 13. Online here.