Site details

Sparta: Acropolis

PK	C986
TITLE	Sparta: Acropolis
WGS84	37.082586° N, 22.423462° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.082586, 22.423462
LON/LAT	22.423462, 37.082586

DMS

37° 4' 57.3096" N

22° 25' 24.4632" E

W3W	posts, flannel, burn
UTM	34 S, 626520.53, 4104981.73
EGSA87	359723, 4104908

Elevation m	241
Elevation feet	790.7
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 101    'about twenty-five LH III sherds were found, in a mixed deposit.'
2.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 92    ' ... sind einige mykenische Scherben, ... ', 'Unter diesen befinden sich 2 Kylixfüsse.'
3.    Sherds.   Woodward, Droop and Lamb [1927], 79    'In the first place there were about twenty-five small sherds that appeared to be Mycenaean, ... ', 'They included two kylix stems.'
4.    Sherds.   Laconia I, 70    'In the excavations of 1926-7 on the acropolis about twenty-five L.H. III sherds were found, in a dark deposit between the south wall of the sanctuary of Athena Chalioikos and the back wall of the cavea of the theatre.'
5.    Sherds.   Banou [1996], 23    'Eine handvoll von Scherben, die in einem der südlichen Wand des späteren Heiligtums der Athena Chalkioikos ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 101, '...a fragment of a LH III stirrup-jar and other LH III sherds were found by chance; ...'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 92, ' ..., anscheinend nur aus SH III, gefunden worden.'
    c.    Woodward, Droop and Lamb [1927]: 79, ' ..., a latish L.H. III, ... '
    d.    Laconia I: 70, ' ... about twenty-five L.H. III sherds were found, ... '

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Banou [1996]: 23, 'Hope Simpson hat die Scherben im SH IIIA-B datiert ...'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Banou [1996]: 23, 'Hope Simpson hat die Scherben im SH IIIA-B datiert ...'

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Banou [1996]: 23, '... unserer Meinung nach aber könnte ihre Datierung nach SH IIIC versetzt werden, ...'

5. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 92, 'Auch Protogeometrisches fand sich hier.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Sparta.', pg. 92.

2. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '1. Sparta: Akropolis', pg. 23.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 2 Ancient Sparta', pg. 101. Online here.

4. Laconia I: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part I’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 55, pp.67-107, 1960, 'Classical Sparta', pg. 70. Online here.

5. Woodward, Droop and Lamb [1927]: Woodward, A.M. and J.P. Droop, W. Lamb. ‘Excavations at Sparta, 1927’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (28), pp. 1-106. 1926/7., 'Mycenaean.', pg. 79. Online here.