Site details

Lofos Taktikou

PK	C6836
TITLE	Lofos Taktikou
WGS84	38.307124° N, 23.853248° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.307124, 23.853248
LON/LAT	23.853248, 38.307124

DMS

38° 18' 25.6464" N

23° 51' 11.6928" E

W3W	umbrellas, dabble, ploy
UTM	34 S, 749483.31, 4243744.4
EGSA87	487021, 4239615

Elevation m	22
Elevation feet	72.2
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Hab.   Cosmopoulos [2001], 88    'HAB'
2.    Pottery.   Fossey [1988], 41    '4 vases of LH IIIA-C date; their excellent preservation indicates that they were probably found in tombs. The associated settlement remains to be found.'
3.    Pottery.   AR[1978], 7    ' ... Mycenaean finds ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Cosmopoulos [2001]: 88, 'EH LH ... ', ' ... were found large numbers of Early Helladic, Late Helladic, ... sherds.

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Cosmopoulos [2001]: 88, 'EH LH ... ', ' ... were found large numbers of Early Helladic, Late Helladic, ... sherds.

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 41, '4 vases of LH IIIA-C date; ... '
    b.    AR[1978]: 7, 'They are of LH IIIA-IIIC types.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 41, '4 vases of LH IIIA-C date; ... '
    b.    AR[1978]: 7, 'They are of LH IIIA-IIIC types.'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 41, '4 vases of LH IIIA-C date; ... '
    b.    AR[1978]: 7, 'They are of LH IIIA-IIIC types.'

NOTES

1.  Cosmopoulos characterizes this site as 'HAB' but it sounds more like a settlement.

2.  The original description is in Petrakos. ADelt 1974. 95-99

3.  In the Archaeological Reports [1978-9] 7 we read also: 'From another site in the neighbourhood comes a terracotta model of a ship, probably also Mycenaean.' The ship in question is illustrated in Fig. 5 on p. 8.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1978]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (25) 1978., 'Kalamos (Oropos).', pg. 7. Online here.

2. Cosmopoulos [2001]: Cosmopoulos, Michael B.. The Rural History of Ancient Greek City-States; The Oropos Survey Project. BAR International Series, no. 1001. Oxford, UK. 2001, '89/13. Lofos Taktikou ... ', pg. 88.

3. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '10. Vlastos', pg. 40.