Site details

Daphni Plateau

PK	C763
TITLE	Daphni Plateau
WGS84	38.242985° N, 23.404095° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	38.242985, 23.404095
LON/LAT	23.404095, 38.242985

DMS

38° 14' 34.746" N

23° 24' 14.742" E

W3W	inked, unearthed, slide
UTM	34 S, 710389, 4235508
EGSA87	447705, 4232656

Elevation m	368
Elevation feet	1207.3
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Fossey [1988], 116    '...an ancient settlement which lay on the plateau at the mountain's North foot, just to the West of the village.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 74    ' ..., but a Mycenaean kylix stem was found here by Vanderpool ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 251    '...Professor Vanderpool has found here "the stem of a Mycenaean kylix".'
4.    Sherds.   Farinetti [2011 AI11], 11    'Component PP_50: few LH (III?) sherds are also reported from the site'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI11]: 10,

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 118, LH III, ...', '...Very little is properly recorded from the site.'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 251, 'LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 74, 'LH III(A-B) ... '

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 251, 'LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 74, 'LH III(A-B) ... '

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., '24. Daphni plateau (ancient ERYTHRAI?): Components PP_50 to PP_54', pg. 10. Specifically component PP_50

2. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '3. Dharimari (mod. Daphni) - ERYTHRAI', pg. 116.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 36 Daphni: Ayios Meletios', pg. 74. Online here.

4. 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 40A Daphni: Ayios Meletios', pg. 251. Online here.