Site details

Kouphovouno

PK	C988
TITLE	Kouphovouno
WGS84	37.055205° N, 22.423866° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.055205, 22.423866
LON/LAT	22.423866, 37.055205

DMS

37° 3' 18.738" N

22° 25' 25.9176" E

W3W	ears, caravan, speaker
UTM	34 S, 626602, 4101945
EGSA87	359709, 4101870

Elevation m	200
Elevation feet	656.2
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Banou [1996], 25
2.    hab.   Bintliff [1977a], 384    'Neolithic and Early Helladic graves and huts are reported from trial trenches.'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 101    'The Mycenaean sherds were mainly on the edges of the rise. A minor Mycenaean settlement is indicated here also.'
4.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 92    ' ..., ein niedriger Siedlungshügel bei dem Parori-Bach, ... '
5.    Sherds.   Cavanagh et al.[2007], 11
6.    Sherds.   Banou [2000], 178    '...the discovery of MH sherds at this site implies that Laconia might not have been scarcely (i.e., sparsely, rhc) populated in that period, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Cavanagh et al.[2007]: 66, '...and mixed pottery (EH, LH, Archaic - Classical, and roman)...'
    b.    Bintliff [1977a]: 384, '...Early Helladic graves and huts ...'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 101, 'N EH II LH III(A-B)'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Cavanagh et al.[2007]: 44, '...a very mixed group of pottery (MN, LN, FN, EH, MH, LH...'
    b.    Banou [2000]: 178, '... we observed and collected some sherds of high quality dated to MH period ...'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Cavanagh et al.[2007]: 66, '...and mixed pottery (EH, LH, Archaic - Classical, and roman)...'
    b.    Banou [1996]: 25,

5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 92, 'Simpson fand SH III-Scherben, undekorierte und monochrom bemalte Kylix- und Skyphosfragmente.'

6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 101, 'N EH II LH III(A-B)'

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 101, 'N EH II LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Bintliff [1977a]: 384, 'According to HS and W, the surface finds are predominantly of the previously known periods, but there are also a few LH3 sherds (3B) on the edge of the settled area.'

NOTES

1. Position thanks to Dr. Raphael Orgeolet of the Ecole Francaise d'Athenes in a personal communication (5/8/2017).

2. The yearly reports of the Kouphovouno Project (directed by W.G. Cavanagh, C.B. Mee, and J. Renard) from 1999 through 2006 may be found here along with a list of Dr. Cavanagh's publications on the site.

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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., 'Kouphovouno', pg. 92.

2. Banou [2000]: Banou, Emilia. ‘Middle Helladic Laconia: New Evidence’, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici, 42, pp. 175-199., '1. Kouphovouno', pg. 177. Online here.

3. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '2. Kouphovouno', pg. 25.

4. 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. 384. Online here.

5. Cavanagh et al.[2007]: Cavanagh, W. and C. Mee, J. Renard. ‘Excavations at Kouphovouno, Laconia: Results from the 2001 and 2002 Seasons’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 102, pp. 11-101, 2007., 'Excavations at Kouphovouno, Laconia: Results from the 2001 and 2002 Seasons', pg. 11.

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