Site details

Asopia

PK	C762
TITLE	Asopia
WGS84	38.300653° N, 23.501757° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	38.300653, 23.501757
LON/LAT	23.501757, 38.300653

DMS

38° 18' 2.3508" N

23° 30' 6.3252" E

W3W	located, intently, watched
UTM	34 S, 718764, 4242135
EGSA87	456286, 4239004

Elevation m	329
Elevation feet	1079.4
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Fossey [1988], 128    'Terracottas of LH III A-B.'
2.    Lithics.   Fossey [1988], 128    'Obsidian flakes.'
3.    Sherds.   Farinetti [2011 AI11], 9    'Components PP_61 to PP_63: Also Prehistoric occupation is attested, since Prehistoric potsherds were found on the slopes. They could have rolled down from the top, though a revisit would be needed to clarify it.'
4.    Sherds.   Fossey [1988], 128    ' ..., MH (including Grey Minyan), ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI11]: 9, Component PP_61
    b.    Fossey [1988]: 128, 'Pottery and Small Finds; EH (including EH I), ... '

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 128, 'Pottery and Small Finds; EH (including EH I), ... '

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI11]: 9, Component PP_62
    b.    Fossey [1988]: 128, 'Pottery and Small Finds; ..., MH (including Grey Minyan), ... '

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI11]: 9, Component PP_63

5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 128, 'Pottery and Small Finds; ..., LH II-IIIB, ... '

6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 128, 'Pottery and Small Finds; ..., LH II-IIIB, ... '

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 128, 'Pottery and Small Finds; ..., LH II-IIIB, ... '

8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 128, 'Pottery and Small Finds; ..., Geometric?, ... '

9. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 128, ' ..., Archaic (including Korinthian and black glaze), ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Farinetti [2011 AI11]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.11; The upper Asopos basin: Parasopia and Plataea. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '15 - 19. Asopia: Components PP_56 and PP_57 (15); PP_58 to PP_64 (16);', pg. 8. Components PP_61, PP_62, PP_63 specifically

2. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '', pg. 128.