Vreserka/Varserka
| PK | C833 |
| TITLE | Vreserka∕Varserka |
| WGS84 | 37.699794° N, 22.764403° E |
| Accuracy | 50 m. |
| LAT/LON | 37.699794, 22.764403 |
| LON/LAT | 22.764403, 37.699794 |
| DMS | 37° 41' 59.2584" N | , | 22° 45' 51.8508" E |
| W3W | splitting, overloaded, repaving |
| UTM | 34 S, 655545, 4173972 |
| EGSA87 | 390926, 4172938 |
| Elevation m | 94 |
| Elevation feet | 308.4 |
| Region | Argolid |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Cem. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 38 'Tsoutas ... noted a probably chamber tomb cemetery near Vreserka.'2. Cem. Syriopoulos [1995], 1106
3. Chamber Tomb. Bintliff [1977a], 289 'In 1916 Arvanitopoulos records his discovery of a chamber tomb ... at Vraserka ... '
4. Settlement. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 37 'A settlement (c. 200 m. E-W by 100 m.) on the S flank of Vreserka hamlet, ...'
5. Settlement. Simpson [1981], 18 'A Mycenaean settlement occupied gentle slopes facing south and southwest, on the southern flank of the hamlet of Vreserka ...'
6. Sherds. Foley [1988], 199 'Sherds of the LHII to IIIB but they (Hope-Simpson and Dickinson [1979], rhc) feel it may also have been occupied in the LHI.'
SITE SIZE
- Simpson [1981] p. 18, Size: 20000 sq. m. ' ..., the area of the Mycenaean settlement was about 200 m. east to west by 100 m.'
- Simpson and Dickinson [1979] p. 37, Size: 20000 sq. m. '(c. 200 m. E-W by 100 m.)'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 18, 'LH I? LH IIA-IIIB'
b. Foley [1988]: 199, 'Sherds of the LHII to IIIB but they feel it may also have been occupied in the LHI.'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 37, 'LH I? LH IIA-IIIB'
2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Foley [1988]: 199, 'Sherds of the LHII to IIIB but they feel it may also have been occupied in the LHI.'
3. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 18, 'LH I? LH IIA-IIIB'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 37, 'LH I? LH IIA-IIIB'
4. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 18, 'LH I? LH IIA-IIIB'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 37, 'LH I? LH IIA-IIIB'
5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 18, 'LH I? LH IIA-IIIB'
b. Foley [1988]: 199, 'Sherds of the LHII to IIIB but they feel it may also have been occupied in the LHI.'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 37, 'LH I? LH IIA-IIIB'
d. Syriopoulos [1995]: 1106,
e. Bintliff [1977a]: 289, 'Hope-Simpson in his Gazetteer (1965) estimates that the Mycenaean settlement (of LH3A and B date) ... '
6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 18, 'LH I? LH IIA-IIIB'
b. Foley [1988]: 199, 'Sherds of the LHII to IIIB but they feel it may also have been occupied in the LHI.'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 37, 'LH I? LH IIA-IIIB'
d. Syriopoulos [1995]: 1106,
e. Bintliff [1977a]: 289, 'Hope-Simpson in his Gazetteer (1965) estimates that the Mycenaean settlement (of LH3A and B date) ... '
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Bintliff [1977a]: Bintliff, John L.. Natural Environment and Human Settlement in Prehistoric Greece; based on original fieldwork, Part ii. BAR Supplementary Series 28(ii). British Archaeological Reports. 122, Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7BP, England., 'Summary of Excavations', pg. 289.
Online here.
2. Foley [1988]: Foley, Anne. The Argolid 800-600 B.C.: An Archaeological Survey : Together with an Index of Sites from the Neolithic to the Roman Period. Göteborg : P. Åströms Förlag, 1988., '113. Vreserka', pg. 199.
3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 5 Vreserka', pg. 18.
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., 'A 3A Vreserka', pg. 37.
Online here.
5. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1106.