Site details

Sophikon: Ayia Paraskeui

PK	C7079
TITLE	Sophikon: Ayia Paraskeui
WGS84	37.798146° N, 23.07935° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.798146, 23.07935
LON/LAT	23.07935, 37.798146

DMS

37° 47' 53.3256" N

23° 4' 45.66" E

W3W	stormy, reprimand, bleeped
UTM	34 S, 683070.73, 4185455.76
EGSA87	418798, 4183531

Elevation m	430
Elevation feet	1410.8
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 65    'Prehistoric sherds, ..., were found on the hill of Ayia Paraskevi ... '
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 38    'Prehistoric sherds, possibly Mycenaean, were reported by Gebauer ... '
3.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 475    ' Prehistoric ... sherds in a scatter on the hill of Ag. Paraskevi, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Prehistoric: (4000 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 65, 'Prehistoric sherds, ..., were found ... '
    b.    Morgan [1999]: 475, '"Prehistoric," LH?'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 475, ' ... (MH and later?) ... '

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 65, 'Prehistoric sherds, possibly LH, were found ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 38, 'Prehistoric sherds, possibly Mycenaean, were reported by Gebauer ... ', 'LH?'
    c.    Morgan [1999]: 475, '"Prehistoric," LH?'

NOTES

1. Simpson [1981] (based on Gebauer [1939]) reports prehistoric sherds and this is repeated by Morgan [1999] 475 but see the cautionary remarks in Wiseman [1978] 127-8.

2. The references to Gebauer are to Gebauer, Kurt, 'Forschungen in der Argolis', Archäologischer Anzeiger, 1939.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Morgan [1999]: Morgan, Catherine. Isthmia VIII; The Late Bronze Age Settlement and Early Iron Age Sanctuary . The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, New Jersey, '29 Tourla (Ag. Paraskevi Sophiko', pg. 475.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 78A Sophikon: Ayia Paraskevi', pg. 38. Online here.

3. 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., 'A 63 Sophikon: Ayia Paraskevi', pg. 65. Online here.

4. Wiseman [1978]: Wiseman, James. The Land of the Ancient Corinthians. Paul Aströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden, '1. The Sóphikon Pass and the Site at Ayía Paraskeví', pg. 127.