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Monastiraki: Magoula

PK	C832
TITLE	Monastiraki: Magoula
WGS84	37.703602° N, 22.745428° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.703602, 22.745428
LON/LAT	22.745428, 37.703602

DMS

37° 42' 12.9672" N

22° 44' 43.5408" E

W3W	humane, perfects, kudos
UTM	34 S, 653865, 4174363
EGSA87	389259, 4173383

Elevation m	76
Elevation feet	249.3
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Coldstream [1968], 126
2.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 37    'Six chamber tombs in various locations around Monasteraki village, and remains of LH settlement both on Magoula 200 m. to SW and on the E side.'
3.    Settlement.   Bintliff [1977], 290    ' - where a medium size Mycenaean community with six chamber tombs, ... '
4.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 37    'Mykenische Siedlungsspuren mit Mauerresten und Scherben sind auf dem Magoula-Hügel am Südwestrand des Dorfes gefunden worden.'
5.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 18    'Remains of Mycenaean settlement have been found both on the Magoula hill .. and on the east side of the village.'
6.    Tomb.   AD[1919], 35

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 37, 'Mykenische...'
    b.    Bintliff [1977]: 290, ' ... Mycenaean chamber tombs ... '

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    AD[1919]: 35,
    b.    Bintliff [1977]: 290, (Ålin) ' ... dates the chamber tombs as 3A to B.'

3. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 18, 'LH IIIA1-B'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 37, 'LH IIIA1-B'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 18, 'LH IIIA1-B'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 37, 'LH IIIA1-B'
    c.    AD[1919]: 35,
    d.    Bintliff [1977]: 290, (Ålin) ' ... dates the chamber tombs as 3A to B.'

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Coldstream [1968]: 126, Dr. Coldstream notices a pyxis from Monastiraki dated to Late Geometric II: ' ... a new flat type with horizontal handles, which became one of the most important shapes in LG II.', 126 and n. 13.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1919]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece. Vol. 5, 1919., '', pg. 35.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Priphtiani (Monasteraki)', pg. 37.

3. Bintliff [1977]: Bintliff, John L.. Natural Environment and Human Settlement in Prehistoric Greece; based on original fieldwork, Part i. BAR Supplementary Series 28(i). British Archaeological Reports. 122, Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7BP, England., 'Priphtiani/Monasteraki', pg. 290. Online here.

4. Coldstream [1968]: Coldstream, N.. Greek Geometric Pottery: A Survey of Ten Local Styles and their Chronology. Methuen, London. 1968., '', pg. 126. Online here.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 4 Monasteraki (formerly Priphtiani): Magoula', pg. 18. Online here.

6. 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., 'A 3 Monasteraki (formerly Priphtiani): Magoula', pg. 37. Online here.