Site details

Damari

PK	C952
TITLE	Damari
WGS84	37.962285° N, 22.969692° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.962285, 22.969692
LON/LAT	22.969692, 37.962285

DMS

37° 57' 44.226" N

22° 58' 10.8912" E

W3W	renews, brass, timeless
UTM	34 S, 673030.6, 4203460.43
EGSA87	409345, 4201843

Elevation m	8
Elevation feet	26.2
Region	Megaris

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Activity.   Simpson [1981], 38    'A Mycenaean site was recorded by Gebauer about 50 m. west of the road at a point about a kilometre to south of Loutraki.'
2.    Hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 71    'A site ... '
3.    Pottery.   Wiseman [1978], 47    '4) Gebauer reported LH III pottery ... '
4.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 60    ' ... nur spätmykenische Besiedlung.'
5.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 476    'Sherd scatter on the hill of Damari, 1.2 km south of Loutraki ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Wiseman [1978]: 47, '4) Gebauer reported LH III pottery ... '

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 38, 'LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 71, 'LH III(A-B)'
    c.    Morgan [1999]: 476, 'LH IIIA-B'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 38, 'LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 71, 'LH III(A-B)'
    c.    Morgan [1999]: 476, 'LH IIIA-B'

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 60, ' ... spätmykenische ... '

NOTE

1. Another find by Gebauer (G39, col. 269). I took this reference to 'road' to refer to the road closest to the coast and drew a 50 m. radius circle centered on that road. I set the error to fifty meters.

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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., 'Damari', pg. 60.

2. Morgan [1999]: Morgan, Catherine. Isthmia VIII; The Late Bronze Age Settlement and Early Iron Age Sanctuary . The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, New Jersey, '37 Damari', pg. 476.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 80 Damari', pg. 38. 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 85 Damari', pg. 71. Online here.

5. Wiseman [1978]: Wiseman, James. The Land of the Ancient Corinthians. Paul Aströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden, '4) Gebauer reported LH III pottery from a low hill called Damari ... ', pg. 47.