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Dramesi/Paralia Aulidos: Hab

PK	C800
TITLE	Dramesi∕Paralia Aulidos: Hab
WGS84	38.3843° N, 23.626567° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	38.3843, 23.626567
LON/LAT	23.626567, 38.3843

DMS

38° 23' 3.48" N

23° 37' 35.6412" E

W3W	matters, covets, segments
UTM	34 S, 729416, 4251722
EGSA87	467236, 4248234

Elevation m	20
Elevation feet	65.6
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Mountjoy [1983], 105
2.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 223    'A prominent "high mound" site, ...'
3.    hab.   Farinetti [2011 AI14], 30
4.    Settlement.   Simpson [2018], 161    'Blegen identified Hyrie with the large site of Pyrgos on the low hill above the northwest edge of the village of Dramesi (now Paralia Avlidhos), near the coast ... '
5.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 120    'Am Nordende des Dorfes befindet sich ein Siedlungshügel, ... '
6.    Settlement.   Blegen [1949], 40    'Some four miles farther down the coast toward the southeast a great mound arises from the plain at the northern edge of the modern village of Dramesi, or Paralia; and it is here that I would place the Homeric Hyria.'
7.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 53    'A large "high mound" site, about 250 m. northeast to southwest by 100 m., ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 223,  Size: 20000 sq. m.  '...c. 200 m. N-S by 100 m., ...'

- Simpson [1981]  p. 53,  Size: 25000 sq. m.  ' ..., about 250 m. northeast to southwest by 100 m., ... '

- Simpson [2018]  p. 161,  Size: 22500 sq. m.  ' ..., with an upper surface of c. 250 m northeast to southwest by c. 90 m ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI14]: 30, Component TA_170
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 120, ' ..., auf dem Besiedlung in FH, MH und SH Zeit festgestellt wurde.'
    c.    Blegen [1949]: 40, ' ... fragments of pottery among which the Early, Middle, and Late Helladic periods of the Bronze Age are abundantly represented.'

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 223, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 53, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 223, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 53, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'

4. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 223, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 53, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'

5. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI14]: 30, Component TA_171
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 223, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 120, ' ..., auf dem Besiedlung in FH, MH und SH Zeit festgestellt wurde.'
    d.    Simpson [1981]: 53, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'
    e.    Blegen [1949]: 40, ' ... fragments of pottery among which the Early, Middle, and Late Helladic periods of the Bronze Age are abundantly represented.'

6. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI14]: 30, Component TA_172
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 120, ' ..., auf dem Besiedlung in FH, MH und SH Zeit festgestellt wurde.'
    c.    Blegen [1949]: 40, ' ... fragments of pottery among which the Early, Middle, and Late Helladic periods of the Bronze Age are abundantly represented.'

7. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 223, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 53, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 161, 'Mycenaean pottery of fine quality includes LH I - II from tombs ... '

8. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 223, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 53, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 161, 'Mycenaean pottery of fine quality includes LH I - II from tombs ... '
    d.    Simpson [2018]: 161, ' ... and numerous LH II - IIIC sherds from the surface ... '

9. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 223, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 53, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 161, ' ... and numerous LH II - IIIC sherds from the surface ... '

10. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 223, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 53, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 161, ' ... and numerous LH II - IIIC sherds from the surface ... '

11. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 223, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'
    b.    Mountjoy [1983]: 105,
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 53, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC'
    d.    Simpson [2018]: 161, ' ... and numerous LH II - IIIC sherds from the surface ... '

NOTES

1. A good description in Blegen [1949] 41 and photographs on pp. 442-443.

2. The location of Homeric Hyrie seems not yet resolved. Simpson [2018] 160 follows Blegen [1949] in reserving this name for the hill of Pyrgos outside Dramesi (Paralia Aulidos); in this atlas C800. Fossey [1988] 76, 'Identification' presents arguments for identifying it with Tseloneri/Vlicha/Glypha Hill (C806).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Dramesi', pg. 120.

2. Blegen [1949]: Blegen, C. W.. ‘Hyria’, Hesperia Supplements Vol. 8, Commemorative Studies in Honor of Theodore Leslie Shear. pp. 39-42. 1949., '', Online here.

3. Farinetti [2011 AI14]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.14; The Tanagra plain and Eastern Boeotia. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '74. Dramesi/Paralia Avlidos: Components TA_169 to TA_176', pg. 29. Specifically components TA_170, TA_171, TA_172

4. Mountjoy [1983]: Mountjoy, Penelope A.. Orchomenos V. Mycenaean Pottery from Orchomenos, Eutresis and other Boeotian Sites. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, N.S., 89. 1983., '', pg. 105.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 51 Dramesi', pg. 53. Online here.

6. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Hyrie', pg. 160. Online here.

7. 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., 'F 64 Dramesi', pg. 223. Online here.