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Menelaion: North Hill

PKC997
TITLEMenelaion: North Hill
WGS84 37.067974° N, 22.45489° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.067974, 22.45489
LON/LAT 22.45489, 37.067974

DMS 37° 4' 4.7064" N,22° 27' 17.604" E

W3Wwithdrew, deals, mocked
UTM34 S, 629339, 4103403
EGSA87 362491, 4103241

Elevation m280
Elevation feet 918.6
RegionLaconia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 101    'Remains of Mycenaean structures have been found on all three hills, ...', that is, from the North Hill, the Menelaion, and Aetos Hill.


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 101, 'Remains of Mycenaean structures have been found on all three hills, but those from the "North Hill" and Aetos seemed confined to LH IIIB2 or early LH IIIC.'

2. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 101, 'Remains of Mycenaean structures have been found on all three hills, but those from the "North Hill" and Aetos seemed confined to LH IIIB2 or early LH IIIC.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 1 The Menelaion', pg. 101. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C997 is at 37.01534° N, 22.15251° E, a straight-line distance of 27 km and 499 m.