Site details

Lithares: Hab

PK	C827
TITLE	Lithares: Hab
WGS84	38.386719° N, 23.297794° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	38.386719, 23.297794
LON/LAT	23.297794, 38.386719

DMS

38° 23' 12.1884" N

23° 17' 52.0584" E

W3W	trifled, manliness, televise
UTM	34 S, 700689, 4251223
EGSA87	438524, 4248670

Elevation m	90
Elevation feet	295.3
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Farinetti [2011 AI12], 12    'Afterwards, the site was seen (Spyropoulos and Tzavella-Evjen's excavation reported in AAA 1973: 371-5 and summarised in Tzavella-Evjen's book Lithares 1985) as extending on both sides of the outlet, especially as far as the EH I and II (and also EH III, probably on a smaller area) periods are concerned (41,400 sqm the total extension of the site).'
2.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 248    'An important EH settlement of ordered plan and at least 70 m. by 45 m. in extent...'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 72    'An important Early Helladic settlement has been uncovered here ...'

SITE SIZE

- Farinetti [2011 AI12]  p. 12,  Size: 41400 sq. m.  '...(41,400 sqm the total extension of the site)...'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 248,  Size: 3150 sq. m.  '...at least 70 m. by 45 m. in extent has been uncovered here; ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI12]: 12, 'EH', ' ... extending on both sides of the outlet, especially as far as the EH I and II (and also EH III, probably on a smaller area) periods are concerned ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 248, 'EH I-III MH LH III(A2-B)'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 72, 'EH I-III MH LH III(A2-B)'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI12]: 12, 'EH', ' ... extending on both sides of the outlet, especially as far as the EH I and II (and also EH III, probably on a smaller area) periods are concerned ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 248, '...it seems to have flourished most in EH II, ...'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 72, 'EH I-III MH LH III(A2-B)'

3. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI12]: 12, 'Widely known from the site is 'The sanctuary of the Bull', an EH III large room containing terracotta figurines of bulls without parallels from the period. More than 37 rooms were dug with some 'houses' identified.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 248, '...but a small shrine containing bull figurines is dated to EH III, ...'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 72, 'EH I-III MH LH III(A2-B)'

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 248, '...one tomb contained much MH pottery.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 72, 'EH I-III MH LH III(A2-B)'

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 248, 'LH kylix-stems are also reported from the area.'

6. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 248, 'EH I-III MH LH III(A2-B)'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 72, 'EH I-III MH LH III(A2-B)'

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 248, 'EH I-III MH LH III(A2-B)'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., '27/28. Lithares: Components T_60 to T_68 (27), and T_69 (28)', pg. 11. Specifically component T61

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 28 Pyri: Lithares', pg. 72. Online here.

3. 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 30 Lithares', pg. 248. Online here.