Site details

Kerinthos: Ayios Ilias

PK	C6826
TITLE	Kerinthos: Ayios Ilias
WGS84	38.828242° N, 23.471544° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	38.828242, 23.471544
LON/LAT	23.471544, 38.828242

DMS

38° 49' 41.6712" N

23° 28' 17.5584" E

W3W	hummed, limbless, petite
UTM	34 S, 714546.16, 4300619.02
EGSA87	453980, 4297562

Elevation m	49
Elevation feet	160.8
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    hab.   Phialon [2011], 49    'L'habitat ... ', ' ... des traces d'occupation HM et pourrait constituer avec celle de Prophitis Ilias un même site.'
2.    Hab.   Simpson [1981], 83    'It is, however, possible that the higher hill of Ayios Ilias, adjacent on the southwest, was the main centre of prehistoric habitation.'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 269    ' ..., and it is possible that this hill was the main centre of prehistoric habitation; ... '
4.    Sherds.   Sackett et al. [1966], 44    'The sherds were found on the east and north sides of the hill facing Kria Vrisi, ... '
5.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 269    ' ... of the hill of Ayios Ilias adjacent to the SW MH Grey Minyan, Yellow Minyan, and Matt-painted were found, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 44, ' ...; possible Neolithic and or E.H. coarse ware; ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 44, ' ...; M.H. Grey Minyan and matt painted ..., Yellow Minyan, ... '
    b.    Phialon [2011]: 49, ' ..., comprenait trois couches HM successives sur son côté sud.'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 83, 'Middle Helladic sherds have been found on the surface here, and Middle Helladic levels are confirmed by trial excavations.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 269, ' ...; MH levels have been found in trial excavations.'

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 269, 'But the PG, G and later remains on Kastri ... ', ' ...; trial excavations produced much PG-C material ... '

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 269, 'But the PG, G and later remains on Kastri ... '

5. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 44, ' ...; ? Archaic-Classical black glaze; ... '

NOTES

1. See Sackett [1966] 44, Figure 3 for a sketch map of the orientation of these two hills.

2. Simpson [1981] 83 'C 82' says ' ... and nothing certainly Mycenaean.'"

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.2.2.14. Kerinthos-Prophitis Ilias (ou Mantoudi-Peleki)', pg. 49.

2. Sackett et al. [1966]: Sackett, L.H., and V. Hankey, R.J. Howell, T.W. Jacobsen, M.R. Popham. ‘Prehistoric Euboea: Contributions toward a Survey’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, pp. 33-112, [1966], '14. Kerinthos: Ayios Ilias', pg. 44. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 82 Kerinthos: Kria Vrisi', pg. 83. 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., 'G 92 Kerinthos: Kria Vrisi', pg. 269. Online here.