Site details

Pyrgakia: Pithos Burial

PK	C7313
TITLE	Pyrgakia: Pithos Burial
WGS84	36.862284° N, 22.664575° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	36.862284, 22.664575
LON/LAT	22.664575, 36.862284

DMS

36° 51' 44.2224" N

22° 39' 52.47" E

W3W	remains, powders, bitumen
UTM	34 S, 648379.92, 4080888.48
EGSA87	380813, 4080139

Elevation m	28
Elevation feet	91.9
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     Pithos, 'Clay Vessels'
2.    Tomb.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'Type: Necropolis', 'The pithos burial was found on the E slopes of the hill called Pyrgakia, on the E bank of Eurotas river.'
3.    Tomb.   Simpson and Janko [2011], 114    'Finds from a pithos burial at the east foot of the hill included Geometric sherds.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From G to G'
    b.    Simpson and Janko [2011]: 114, 'Finds from a pithos burial at the east foot of the hill included Geometric sherds.'

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, Guinness Field', 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.