Haliartos: Acropolis
| PK | C736 |
| TITLE | Haliartos: Acropolis |
| WGS84 | 38.379236° N, 23.087061° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 38.379236, 23.087061 |
| LON/LAT | 23.087061, 38.379236 |
| DMS | 38° 22' 45.2496" N | , | 23° 5' 13.4196" E |
| W3W | rhythms, paintings, seclude |
| UTM | 34 S, 682300, 4249955 |
| EGSA87 | 420111, 4248000 |
| Elevation m | 156 |
| Elevation feet | 511.8 |
| Region | Boeotia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. hab. AE [1976], 172. hab. Touchais [1986], 541
3. Settlement. Simpson [2018], 188 'The Mycenaean centre was the acropolis at the western end of the ridge, a higher knoll c. 250 m east to west by c. 150 m.'
4. Settlement. Ålin [1962], 121 'Besiedlung in FH, MH, SH, G und späteren Zeiten.'
5. Settlement. Simpson [2018], 189 'This was therefore a large Mycenaean settlement, which may have been second only to Orchomenos in the Kopais district.'
6. Settlement. Farinetti [2011 AI8], 3 'Haliartos' earliest defence system, and the best surviving one, is the great 'cyclopean wall' around the acropolis. Typically Mycenaean, it would argue a major settlement at the site, ... '
7. Settlement. Austin [1927], 139 ' ..., that Haliartos was occupied and inhabited continuously at least from Mycenaean times down to 171 B.C., ... '
8. Settlement. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 242 'This was ... a large, and presumably important, LH settlement, ... '
9. Settlement. Simpson [1981], 65 'This was therefore a large, and presumably important, Mycenaean settlement, ... '
10. Sherds. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 242 ' ... sherds were found on the acropolis and the N slopes; ... '
11. Sherds. Simpson [1981], 65 ...; and a "Mycenaean" area at the east end of the sanctuary produced sherds said to range from the LH II to the LH IIIB periods.'
12. Temple. Austin [1931], 183 'This is most probably a surviving part of the foundations of an earlier temple.'
13. Town. Iliad, ' ... that dwelt in Coroneia and grassy Haliartus, ... '
14. Wall. Simpson [1981], 65 ' ..., was originally surrounded by a circuit wall of "Cyclopean" style, ... '
SITE SIZE
- Simpson [2018] p. 188, Size: 37500 sq. m. ' ..., a higher knoll c. 250 m east to west by c. 150 m.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Ålin [1962]: 121, ' ... FH, MH, SH, G und späteren Zeiten.'
b. Simpson [2018]: 188, 'Prehistoric sherds found on the surface of this acropolis and on its north slopes in 1959 included EH, MH and LH IIIB; ... '
2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 242, 'EH II, MH and LH IIIA-B sherds were found on the acropolis and the N slopes; ... '
3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Farinetti [2011 AI8]: 2, Component HA_3
b. Ålin [1962]: 121, ' ... FH, MH, SH, G und späteren Zeiten.'
c. Simpson [2018]: 188, 'Prehistoric sherds found on the surface of this acropolis and on its north slopes in 1959 included EH, MH and LH IIIB; ... '
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 242, 'EH II, MH and LH IIIA-B sherds were found on the acropolis and the N slopes; ... '
4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Farinetti [2011 AI8]: 2, Component HA_4
b. Ålin [1962]: 121, ' ... FH, MH, SH, G und späteren Zeiten.'
c. Simpson [1981]: 65, 'Prehistoric sherds found on the surface of the acropolis ... included several Mycenaean; ... '
5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 65, ' ... produced sherds said to range from the LH II to the LH IIIB periods.'
b. Simpson [2018]: 188, ' ... produced sherds said to range from LH II to LH IIIB ... .'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 242, ' ... a "Mycenaean area" at the E end of the sanctuary produced sherds said to range from LH II to LH IIIB.'
6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Austin [1927]: 129,
b. AE [1976]: 17,
c. Touchais [1986]: 541,
d. Simpson [1981]: 65, ' .. of the LH IIIA period.'
e. Simpson [2018]: 188, ' ... produced sherds said to range from LH II to LH IIIB ... .'
f. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 242, 'EH II, MH and LH IIIA-B sherds were found on the acropolis and the N slopes; ... '
7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Austin [1927]: 129,
b. AE [1976]: 17,
c. Touchais [1986]: 541,
d. Simpson [1981]: 65, ' ... produced sherds said to range from the LH II to the LH IIIB periods.'
e. Simpson [2018]: 188, 'Prehistoric sherds found on the surface of this acropolis and on its north slopes in 1959 included EH, MH and LH IIIB; ... '
f. Simpson [2018]: 188, ' ... produced sherds said to range from LH II to LH IIIB ... .'
g. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 242, ' ... a "Mycenaean area" at the E end of the sanctuary produced sherds said to range from LH II to LH IIIB.'
8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Austin [1931]: 184, '...handle sherds from two geometric bowls, and several fragments of Corinthian kotylai.'
b. Ålin [1962]: 121, ' ... FH, MH, SH, G und späteren Zeiten.'
9. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
a. Austin [1931]: 184, 'On this evidence it is unlikely that these foundations were laid at a more recent date than the seventh century B.C., and it is quite possible they were earlier.'
10. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Austin [1931]: 184, 'On this evidence it is unlikely that these foundations were laid at a more recent date than the seventh century B.C., and it is quite possible they were earlier.'
NOTE
1. Ålin [1962] 121 says that a fortress wall in cyclopean style, many sherds, and a gate system were found here.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. AE [1976]: Archaiologike Ephemeris, Athens, Greece. 1976, '', pg. 17.
2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Aliartos', pg. 121.
3. Austin [1927]: Austin, R.P.. ‘Excavations at Haliartos, 1926, Part II.’, The Annual of the British School at Athens 28, pp. 128-40. 1927., '', pg. 129.
Online here.
4. Austin [1931]: Austin, R.P.. ‘Excavations at Haliartos, 1931’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (32), pp. 180-212, 1931., ''Foundation of an Earlier Temple'', pg. 183.
Online here.
5. Farinetti [2011 AI8]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.8; The Copais area: Haliartia. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '1. HALIARTOS: Components HA_1 to HA_9 ', pg. 2.
Specifically components HA_3, HA_4
6. Iliad: Homer. Iliad. The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924., '2.503', Online here.
7. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 16 Kastri (Ancient Haliartos)', pg. 65.
Online here.
8. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Haliartos (Il. 2. 503)', pg. 187.
Online here.
9. 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., 'G 17 Kastri (Ancient Haliartos)', pg. 242.
Online here.
10. Touchais [1986]: Touchais, Gilles. ‘Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques en Grèce en 1986’, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. 111, (2), pp. 519-583. 1987., '', pg. 541.
Online here.