Site details

Askra: Episkopi

PK	C914
TITLE	Askra: Episkopi
WGS84	38.323377° N, 23.08687° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	38.323377, 23.08687
LON/LAT	23.08687, 38.323377

DMS

38° 19' 24.1572" N

23° 5' 12.732" E

W3W	mechanic, tuxedo, pleasing
UTM	34 S, 682424, 4243756
EGSA87	420033, 4241802

Elevation m	420
Elevation feet	1378
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Acropolis.   Fossey [1988], 142    'The hill was the akropolis for the ancient settlement ... '
2.    Settlement.   Fossey [1988], 142    'The hill was the akropolis for the ancient settlement ... '
3.    Sherds.   Farinetti [2011 AI9], 7    'A thick scatter of surface potsherds mainly ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 143, 'b. Episkopi - PG-Hellenistic continuous, ...'
    b.    Farinetti [2011 AI9]: 7, Component TH_33, '..., a large village site in this location, with evidence from PG to LR period.'

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 143, 'b. Episkopi - PG-Hellenistic continuous, ...'
    b.    Farinetti [2011 AI9]: 7, Component TH_34, '..., a large village site in this location, with evidence from PG to LR period.'

3. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 143, 'b. Episkopi - PG-Hellenistic continuous, ...'
    b.    Farinetti [2011 AI9]: 7, Component TH_35, '..., a large village site in this location, with evidence from PG to LR period.'

NOTE

1. A full discussion of the site and its pottery is in Joanita Vroom, 'Medieval and Post-Medieval Pottery from a Site in Boeotia: A Case Study Example of Post-Classical Archaeology in Greece', The Annual of the British School at Athens (93), pp. 513-546, [1998], Online at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30103804

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Farinetti [2011 AI9]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.9; Eastern Helikon: Thespike. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '11. Askra Episkopi (ancient ASKRA): Components TH_ 33 to TH_39', pg. 7. 'Specifically components TH_33, TH_34, TH_35'

2. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '3. Pyrgaki-Episkopi - ASKRA', pg. 142. This was probably the settlement for which C747 was the acropolis or fortress.