Site details

Vaphio: Palaiopyrgi

PK	C989
TITLE	Vaphio: Palaiopyrgi
WGS84	37.018199° N, 22.470832° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.018199, 22.470832
LON/LAT	22.470832, 37.018199

DMS

37° 1' 5.5164" N

22° 28' 14.9952" E

W3W	yourselves, shortcomings, suitcase
UTM	34 S, 630842, 4097902
EGSA87	363819, 4097696

Elevation m	208
Elevation feet	682.4
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [2009], 320    '..trial excavations suggest that most of the upper (and flatter) part of the hill, comprising an area about 400 m north to south by about 300 m, or c. 120,000 m^2, may have been at least partly covered by Mycenaean buildings ...'
2.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 101    'The Mycenaean settlement here is probably the largest in Laconia, to judge from the spread of surface sherds (over about 200,000 square metres).'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 109    'The Mycenaean settlement here is the largest in Laconia, ... '
4.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 93    ' ... mit grosser Zerstreuung Scherben aus FH, MH, ... '
5.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 109    ' ..., as indicated by the spread of potsherds ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 101,  Size: 200000 sq. m.  ' ..., to judge from the spread of surface sherds (over about 200,000 square metres).'

- Simpson [2009]  p. 320,  Size: 120000 sq. m.

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 109,  Size: 200000 sq. m.  '...the spread of potsherds (over about 200,000 square m.)...'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 109,  Size: 200000 sq. m.  ' ... the spread of potsherds (over about 200,000 square m.).'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 101, 'The site was first settled in EH II and was probably occupied continuously from MH to LH IIIB'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 93, ' ... aus FH, MH, ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 109, 'The hill was first settled in EH II, ... '

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 101, 'The site was first settled in EH II and was probably occupied continuously from MH to LH IIIB'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 93, ' ... aus FH, MH, ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 109, ' ..., and was probably occupied continuously from MH to LH IIIB.'

4. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 101, 'The site was first settled in EH II and was probably occupied continuously from MH to LH IIIB'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 93, ' ..., wenig aus SH I - II, ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 109, ' ..., and was probably occupied continuously from MH to LH IIIB.'

5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 93, ' ..., wenig aus SH I - II, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 109, ' ..., and was probably occupied continuously from MH to LH IIIB.'

6. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 101, 'Most of the sherds were of the LH IIIA-B periods, but some LH IIA have recently been found (AD 23 loc.cit.).'

7. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 101, 'The site was first settled in EH II and was probably occupied continuously from MH to LH IIIB'

8. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 93, ' ..., dagegen aus SH III viel gefunden worden.'

9. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 101, 'Most of the sherds were of the LH IIIA-B periods, but some LH IIA have recently been found (AD 23 loc.cit.).'
    b.    Simpson [2009]: 320, '... a large trial trench revealed some remains of ordinary houses (..), together with LH IIIA and LH IIIB pottery.'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 93, 'Scherben aus IIIA kamen aber auch vor.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 109, 'Most of these were of the LH IIIA-B periods.'

10. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 101, 'Most of the sherds were of the LH IIIA-B periods, but some LH IIA have recently been found (AD 23 loc.cit.).'
    b.    Simpson [2009]: 320, '... a large trial trench revealed some remains of ordinary houses (..), together with LH IIIA and LH IIIB pottery.'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 93, 'In der letztgenannten Periode dominiert IIIB, ... '
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 109, 'Most of these were of the LH IIIA-B periods.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Palaiopyrgi', pg. 93.

2. Simpson [2009]: Simpson, Richard Hope. ‘The Mycenaean Settlements in the Sparta Plain and the Ancient Traditions’, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici, 51 (2009), pp. 315-335, 'Vaphio-Palaiopyrgi', pg. 318. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 4 Vaphio: Palaiopyrgi', pg. 101. 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., 'C 4 Vaphio: Palaiopyrgi', pg. 109. Online here.