Site details

Stroma/Soules

PK	C788
TITLE	Stroma∕Soules
WGS84	38.350859° N, 23.417842° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	38.350859, 23.417842
LON/LAT	23.417842, 38.350859

DMS

38° 21' 3.0924" N

23° 25' 4.2312" E

W3W	fumbled, retreating, narrow
UTM	34 S, 711279, 4247512
EGSA87	448983, 4244618

Elevation m	229
Elevation feet	751.3
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   BCH [1921], 523
2.    Artifacts.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1084
3.    hab.   Farinetti [2011 AI12], 24    'Neolithic and LH occupation is known at the site (HS&D 1979: G24),'
4.    Settlement.   Fossey [1988], 216    .. traces of an ancient settlement.
5.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 246    'A small LH settlement was found on this low hill on the S side of the Theban plain, near ancient Teumessos.'
6.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 70    ' ..., a small Mycenaean settlement was found on this low hill on the south edge of the Theban plain, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI12]: 24, 'LH', 'Neolithic and LH occupation is known at the site (HS&D 1979: G24), ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 70, 'LH C H'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 246, 'A small LH settlement was found on ... '

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 217, 'Pottery LH III A or B, ...'
    b.    BCH [1921]: 523,
    c.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1084,

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 217, 'Pottery LH III A or B, ...'
    b.    BCH [1921]: 523,
    c.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1084,

NOTES

1. Teumessos is at F1223. For more see the page on Teumessos in Topostext

2. Farinetti assumes that 'Stroma' is the hill and, indeed, that name appears on current maps. Fossey seems to have gotten this reversed. I have followed Farinetti.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1921]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 45, 1921., '', pg. 523. Online here.

2. Farinetti [2011 AI12]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.12; The Theban plain and the area of the lakes: Thebaïs. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '59. Stroma: Components T_155 and T_136 to T_138', pg. 24. Specifically component T_136

3. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '7. Soules', pg. 216. But Fossey seems to have reversed the meanings of 'Soules' and 'Stroma'. F. thinks that 'Stroma' is the valley but modern maps (and Farinetti) have it as the name of the hill.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 23 Soules', pg. 70. Online here.

5. 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 24 Soules', pg. 246. Online here.

6. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1084.