Site details

Askra Pyrgaki

PK	C747
TITLE	Askra Pyrgaki
WGS84	38.327091° N, 23.074301° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.327091, 23.074301
LON/LAT	23.074301, 38.327091

DMS

38° 19' 37.5276" N

23° 4' 27.4836" E

W3W	chapels, tautness, pythons
UTM	34 S, 681315, 4244143
EGSA87	418938, 4242225

Elevation m	637
Elevation feet	2089.9
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Bintliff [1996], 196    '...; Pyrgaki hill has Mycenaean but probably also earlier Bronze Age material and perhaps Early Iron Age as well.'
2.    Artifacts.   Farinetti [2011 AI9], 8    'LH material has also been found on the hill ...'
3.    Sherds.   Fossey [1988], 143    '..., going with the main sequence of surface pottery on the hill ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI9]: 8, 'LH material has also been found on the hill ...'
    b.    Bintliff [1996]: 196, 'Pyrgaki hill has Mycenaean ... material ...'

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 143, '...Geo - 4th cent. B.C.).'
    b.    Bintliff [1996]: 196, 'Pyrgaki hill has Mycenaean ... material ...'

3. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 143, '...Geo - 4th cent. B.C.).'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Bintliff [1996]: Bintliff, John L.. ‘The archaeological survey of the Valley of the Muses and its significance for Boeotian History’, Recherches et Rencontres (7), 193-210, 1996., '', pg. 196. Online here.

2. Farinetti [2011 AI9]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.9; Eastern Helikon: Thespike. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '12. Askra Pyrgaki: Components TH_ 40 to TH_44', pg. 7. Specifically Component TH_40

3. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '3. Pyrgaki - Episkopi - ASKRA; The Site', pg. 142.