Site details

BA Settlement

PK	C7268
TITLE	BA Settlement
WGS84	39.319548° N, 22.761688° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.319548, 22.761688
LON/LAT	22.761688, 39.319548

DMS

39° 19' 10.3728" N

22° 45' 42.0768" E

W3W	drivel, timidly, knowing
UTM	34 S, 651863.89, 4353717.77
EGSA87	393105, 4352682

Elevation m	155
Elevation feet	508.5
Region	Thessaly

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Arachoviti [2013], 8    'Early, middle & late bronze age settlement, ... '
2.    Settlement.   AR[1998], 69    'Part of a Myc settlement was identified at the foot of the 'Kastro' hill in the Aerino area, .. '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Arachoviti [2013]: 8, 'Early, middle & late bronze age settlement, ... ', 'During the Early Bronze Age (3200-2100BC) the settlement seems to have increased its living space which expanded to the North and East of the 'Kastro' foothills, ... '

2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Arachoviti [2013]: 8, 'Early, middle & late bronze age settlement, ... ', 'The settlement of Aerino was inhabited in all phases of the Middle Bronze Age.'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AR[1998]: 69, 'Part of a Myc settlement was identified at the foot of the 'Kastro' hill in the Aerino area,'

4. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Arachoviti [2013]: 8, 'Early, middle & late bronze age settlement, ... '

5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Arachoviti [2013]: 14, ' ... the settlement of the Late Mycenaean period (LHIII, 1400/1380-1100 BC).'

6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Arachoviti [2013]: 14, 'The excavations in this area revealed four rectangular houses dating to the Late Mycenaean period (LH IIIA-LHIIIC).'

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Arachoviti [2013]: 14, 'The excavations in this area revealed four rectangular houses dating to the Late Mycenaean period (LH IIIA-LHIIIC).'

8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Arachoviti [2013]: 14, 'The excavations in this area revealed four rectangular houses dating to the Late Mycenaean period (LH IIIA-LHIIIC).'

NOTE

1. Cf. the clear diagram in Arachoviti [2013], p. 8, on which diagram this is no. 4.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1998]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (45) 1998., 'Southern Thessaly', pg. 69. Online here.

2. Arachoviti [2013]: Arachoviti, Polyxeni. ‘Kastro Aerino - A diachronic settlement’, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports;13th Ephorate of Prehistoric & Classical Antiquities, Volos, 'Archaeological Site of Aerino', pg. 8. No. 4 on that page.
Online here.