Update Database 0.038 for Helladic.info

The database for the helladic.info site has been updated.  This is version

 MAP_Rev_0.038__09_27_17_Test

Regions around Aigion and Patras in Achaia have been clarified.

The following points have been added:

 C5000 ,  Stylia: Pyrgouthi: Fort 
 C5001 ,  Tarsina: Bouzaka 
 C5002 ,  Krinai: Zakoura 
 C5003 ,  Kryoneri, Kato Bathiza 1 
 C5004 ,  Helike 
 C5005 ,  Kallithea: Cem 
 C5006 ,  Kallithea: Hab 
 C5007 ,  Mylon: Ayios Nikolaos 
 C5008 ,  Keryneia: EH hab 
 C5009 ,  Krini: Ayios Konstantinos 
 C5010 ,  Petroto: Skodreika 
 C5011 ,  Prosilio: Cem 

Finding Prosilio

There has been a lot of excitement about the Chamber Tomb that was discovered in Boeotia near Orchomenos.  I didn't see the announcement until 9/26/17.  I was intrigued by it and set out to look for the site.

Orchomenos is here, on the western edge of what was the Lake of Copais in Boeotia.

The town sits on the eastern end of a long narrow ridge called 'Akontion' because of its resemblance to a spear.  (Here the vertical has been exaggerated.)  The little town of Prosilio, where the chamber tomb was found, sits on the south side of Akontion.  The arrow points to it.

How do we find out exactly where it was found? 

First I looked at the photograph here:

Photo by Yannis Galanakis,  Prosilio Excavation Project

Here's the crew working on what looks like the dromos to the chamber tomb (I'm not certain of this).

I guessed that here the crew is standing on the south side of Akontion and somewhere near Prosilio.  I then tried to recreate this photo in Google Earth.  Here's what I came up with:

The fact that I was able to confirm so many identifying characteristics in the photograph (how many do you recognize?) made me feel certain that I had found the right spot.  It is, in fact, the light-colored patch at the lower right.  Google Earth tells me that at this point I'm just 40 m. above the surface.  When we turn the view around we have this:

Here we're looking west towards the site which is the white patch in the upper center.

The actual site location is 38.501057 N, 22.932393 E       In the Mycenaean Atlas Project it is now C5011.

And just to put the icing on the cake it turns out that Google Street View is available for the road between the site and the light colored house.  Here it is:

The famous light colored house along with the identifiable tree.

Honestly I never get tired of doing this.  Google Earth is a lot more than just a set of maps.  

If you enjoy this kind of photo recreation of Mycenaean sites you might like this previous post where I locate a tholos tomb in Arcadia.


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