PKey Report

PK	C786
TITLE	Tourleza: Glisa: Syrtzi: Ypaton: Akropolis
WGS84	38.391846° N, 23.397012° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.391846, 23.397012
LON/LAT	23.397012, 38.391846

DMS

38° 23' 30.6456" N

23° 23' 49.2432" E

W3W	coursed, conversation, tuxedos
UTM	34 S, 709340.62, 4252012.99
EGSA87	447193, 4249177

Elevation m	290
Elevation feet	951.4
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1. Artifacts. AD[1970], 224

2. Artifacts. BCH [1972], 704

3. Cem. AD[1969], 179

4. Cem. AD[1970], 226

5. Lithics. Farinetti [2011 AI12], 23 'Syriopoulos 1968 (reported by HS&D 1979) mentions also LH surface sherds and obsidian from the SW slopes.'

6. Settlement. Fossey [1988], 218 ' ...; this small flat-topped hill was obviously the akropolis of an ancient settlement.'

7. settlement. Simpson [2018], 192 'The hill was the acropolis of an ancient settlement, whose 'lower town' was on its extensive southwest slope.'

8. Sherds. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 247 '... on the extensive SW slopes some LH III sherds were found, ...'

9. Sherds. Farinetti [2011 AI12], 23 'Syriopoulos 1968 (reported by HS&D 1979) mentions also LH surface sherds and obsidian from the SW slopes.'

10. Sherds. Simpson [1981], 72 ' ... some Mycenaean sherds were found ...', ' ..., although only one Mycenaean sherd was identified on the latter (the summit, rhc).'

11.    Town.   Iliad,     ' ..., and that held Plataea and dwelt in Glisas; ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 72,  Size: 4000 sq. m.  'The remains on the small summit (about 80 m. northwest to southeast by 50 m.) ... '

- Fossey [1988]  p. 218,  Size: 3760 sq. m.  ' ... trapezoidal in shape measuring at maximum c. 80m East-West and c. 47m North-South.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Helladic: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 72, ' ... evidence of an Early Helladic settlement, ... '

    b.    Fossey [1988]: 220, 'Pottery and Small Finds; Neolithic, EH, MH (including Grey Minyan), LHI/II and IIIB, LG, Archaic ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 72, ' ..., and Middle Helladic sherds ... '

    b.    Fossey [1988]: 220, 'Pottery and Small Finds; Neolithic, EH, MH (including Grey Minyan), LHI/II and IIIB, LG, Archaic ... '

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)

    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI12]: 23, 'Syriopoulos 1968 (reported by HS&D 1979) mentions also LH surface sherds and obsidian from the SW slopes.'

    b.    Simpson [1981]: 72, ' ... some Mycenaean sherds were found, ... '

    c.    Simpson [2018]: 192, 'In 1959 only one Mycenaean sherd was found here; ... '

4. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)

    a.    Fossey [1988]: 220, 'Pottery and Small Finds; Neolithic, EH, MH (including Grey Minyan), LHI/II and IIIB, LG, Archaic ... '

5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)

    a.    Fossey [1988]: 220, 'Pottery and Small Finds; Neolithic, EH, MH (including Grey Minyan), LHI/II and IIIB, LG, Archaic ... '

6. Late Helladic III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)

    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 247, '... but on the extensive SW slopes some LH III sherds were found, ...'

7. Late Helladic IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)

    a.    Simpson [2018]: 192, ' ... on the southwest slope were kylix stems (LH IIIA-B) ... '

8. Late Helladic IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)

    a.    AD[1969]: 179,

    b.    AD[1970]: 226,

    c.    Fossey [1988]: 220, 'Pottery and Small Finds; Neolithic, EH, MH (including Grey Minyan), LHI/II and IIIB, LG, Archaic ... '

    d.    Simpson [2018]: 192, ' ... on the southwest slope were kylix stems (LH IIIA-B) ... '

9. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 72, ' ... and a cemetery in use from the Geometric ... '

10. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)

    a.    Fossey [1988]: 220, 'Pottery and Small Finds; Neolithic, EH, MH (including Grey Minyan), LHI/II and IIIB, LG, Archaic ... '

11. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)

    a.    Fossey [1988]: 220, 'Pottery and Small Finds; Neolithic, EH, MH (including Grey Minyan), LHI/II and IIIB, LG, Archaic ... '

NOTES

1. See the photograph in Simpson [2018] 192, Plate 10A. Also the sketch map in Fossey [1988] 219, Fig. 26.

2.

Tourleza is the hill on which the settlement sits.
Syrtzi is the former name of the adjoining modern town
Ypaton is the current name of the adjoining modern town
Glisas is the name of the Mycenaean(?) town as referenced in Iliad 2.504

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1970]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 25, '', pg. 224.

2. AD[1969]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 24, '', pg. 179.

3. Farinetti [2011 AI12]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.12; The Theban plain and the area of the lakes: Thebaïs. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '54/55/56. Ypaton Tourleza: Components T_118 (54) and T_129 (55) and Ypaton: Components T_119 to T_129 (56)', pg. 21. Specifically component T_123

4. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '8. Syrtzi (mod. Ypaton) - Glisas', pg. 217.

5. Iliad: Homer. Iliad. The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924., '2.504', Online here.

6. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Glisas (Il. 2.504)', pg. 191. Online here.

7. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 26 Hypaton (formerly Syrtzi): Tourleza', pg. 72. Online here.

8. 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., 'G 28 Hypaton (formerly Syrtzi): Tourleza', pg. 247. Online here.