Site details

Pyrgakia

PK	C7312
TITLE	Pyrgakia
WGS84	36.862287° N, 22.662244° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	36.862287, 22.662244
LON/LAT	22.662244, 36.862287

DMS

36° 51' 44.2332" N

22° 39' 44.0784" E

W3W	alley, forestry, fabricate
UTM	34 S, 648172.12, 4080885.19
EGSA87	380605, 4080143

Elevation m	38
Elevation feet	124.7
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Simpson and Janko [2011], 114    ' ... it had been dug into levels rich with Protogeometric and Geometric pottery; ... '
2.    Settlement.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'The site belongs to a dense network of settlements, ... '
3.    Settlement.   Simpson and Janko [2011], 114    ' ... to establish the existence of a Protogeometric to Geometric 'village' here.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Janko [2011]: 114, ' ... it had been dug into levels rich with Protogeometric and Geometric pottery; ... '

2. Middle Protogeometric: (1000 BC - 950 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From MPG to EA'

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From MPG to EA'
    b.    Simpson and Janko [2011]: 114, ' ... it had been dug into levels rich with Protogeometric and Geometric pottery; ... ', 'Finds from a pithos burial at the east foot of the hill included Geometric sherds.'

4. Early Archaic: (700 BC - 600 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From MPG to EA'

NOTE

1. The relevant Aristeia Project page is here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander . Η Κοινωνική Αρχαιολογία του Ελληνικού Κόσμου κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου και την Πρώιμη Αρχαϊκή περίοδο (The Aristeia Project: The Social Archeology of the Greek World during the Early Iron Age and the Early Archaic period), 'Pyrgakia', Online here.

2. Simpson and Janko [2011]: Simpson, Richard Hope and Richard Janko. ‘Ayios Stephanos in Southern Laconia and the Locations of Ancient Helos’, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici, 53, pp. 97-130, 2011, '', pg. 114. Online here.