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Alepotrypes

PK	C863
TITLE	Alepotrypes
WGS84	37.604199° N, 23.000731° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.604199, 23.000731
LON/LAT	23.000731, 37.604199

DMS

37° 36' 15.1164" N

23° 0' 2.6316" E

W3W	wooed, replicating, autocratic
UTM	34 S, 676608, 4163784
EGSA87	411647, 4162083

Elevation m	320
Elevation feet	1049.9
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 52    ' ... and obsidian chips ... '
2.    Sherds.   Foley [1988], 186    'Hope-Simpson reported Mycenaean sherds ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 27    'Here Åström found a Mycenenaean sherd ...'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 52    'Here Åström found a Mycenaean sherd, ... '
5.    Tower.   Ålin [1962], 51    '...die Reste eines Turmes, der nach Ansicht von L.E. Lord einen mykenischen Ursprung haben müsse.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 51, '...mykenischen Ursprung...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 52, 'Here Astrom found a Mycenaean sherd, ... '

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 27, 'LH III(A-B) C or H'
    b.    Foley [1988]: 186, 'LHIIIA-B ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 52, 'LH III(A-B) C or H'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 27, 'LH III(A-B) C or H'
    b.    Foley [1988]: 186, 'Hope-Simpson reported Mycenaean sherds which he tentatively dated as LHIIIB.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 52, 'LH III(A-B) C or H'

NOTES

1. See note 284, p. 51, in Ålin where he says 'Nach Mitt. von Åström wurde aber 1960 am Hang eine myk. Scherbe gef.'

2. The date of the tower is still(?) not settled. Simpson and Dickinson [1979] 52 thought that it was ' ... of C or H date, ... ' but Ålin [1962] 51 thought that it was Mycenaean.

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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., 'Ligourio', pg. 51. At the paragraph beginning 'Halbwegs zwischen Kastraki und Ligourio...'

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., '66. Ligourio', pg. 186.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 29 Ligourio: Alepotrypes etc.', pg. 27. 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 26 Ligourio: Alepotrypes', pg. 52. Online here.