Site details

Sparta: Sportplatz

PK	C6745
TITLE	Sparta: Sportplatz
WGS84	37.079764° N, 22.428181° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	37.079764, 22.428181
LON/LAT	22.428181, 37.079764

DMS

37° 4' 47.1504" N

22° 25' 41.4516" E

W3W	masking, seasick, scarf
UTM	34 S, 626944.69, 4104674.94
EGSA87	360138, 4104588

Elevation m	212
Elevation feet	695.5
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 92    'Aus Grabungen auf dem Sportplatz, unterhalb der Akropolis, stammen SH III-Scherben ... '
2.    Sherds.   Cook and Nicholls [1950], 297    ' ... and a portion of a L.H. III stirrup vase, were discovered in the course of the earlier investigations on the sportsground site ... '
3.    Sherds.   Laconia I, 70    'To south-east of the acropolis, ..., a fragment of a L.H. III stirrup-vase was discovered, on the site of the present sports ground, and in 1957 a few other Mycenaean sherds on the same site.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 92, ' ..., stammen SH III-Scherben ... '
    b.    Cook and Nicholls [1950]: 297, At the very end of the page: ' ... a portion of a L.H. III stirrup vase, ... '
    c.    Laconia I: 70, ' ... a L.H. III stirrup-vase was discovered, ... '

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 92, ' ... und der obere Teil einer Bügelkanne aus IIIB.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Sparta.', pg. 92.

2. Cook and Nicholls [1950]: Cook, J.M. and R.V. Nicholls. ‘Laconia’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (45) 261-298., 'Addendum.', pg. 297. Online here.

3. Laconia I: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part I’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 55, pp.67-107, 1960, 'Classical Sparta', pg. 70. Online here.