Bronze Age Sites on the Greek Mainland

Site co-ordinates are provided in decimal latitude and longitude values. Click on a data source under the Satellite View column to see the site from above, or click the button in the Coordinates column to paste a location’s co-ordinates to your device’s clipboard. Sites with accompanying websites are now being added to the Web column.

The co-ordinates of sites listed with a ? are uncertain: either the reference is inexact or tentative, or the location’s attribution is unsafe. Please feel free to suggest updates and provide corrections.

Some of the key sites are shown on the map below, but the main list is below it.

Boeotia
Corinthia
Elis
Euboea
Kythera

Laconia
Lefkas
Locris
Messenia
Methana

Phocis
Thessaly

Aígina

Site	Satellite View	Coordinates	Web
Kolonna Major centre occupied from FN through LH II, then revived in LH IIIA after a 30-year hiatus

Site	Satellite View	Coordinates	Web
Aigeira Classical acropolis atop LH IIIC remains, occupied back into EH
Teichos Dymaion LH IIIB fortified citadel built on a site inhabited from the Final Neolithic

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Asine Mycenaean island acropolis with cyclopaean wall remains
The Berbati Acropolis Hilltop citadel abandoned LH IIIC
Berbati Tholos
The Dendra Tholoi Extensive cemetery of chamber tombs and tholoi, possibly of nearby Midea
Franchthi Cave Extensively excavated LN habitation site
Halieis Settlement occupied from FN into Classical times
Iria^? Site destroyed in LH IIB2-LH IIIC Early transition
The Kokla Tholos Body-less tomb dated to LH IIB–IIIA (site covered in satellite view)
Lerna Founded LN (site levels I, II), abandoned end LN, reoccupied EH IIA through EH III/MH I
Midea Administrative centre destroyed by fire LH IIIB2
Mycenae “rich in gold”
Mycenae (The Kato Phournos Tomb)
Mycenae (The Tomb of the Genii)
Mycenae (The Cyclopean Tomb)
Mycenae (The Epano Phourno)
Mycenae (The Panayia Tomb)
Mycenae (The Panayia Houses) Three LH IIIB domestic buildings
Mycenae (The Treasury of Atreus)
Mycenae (West, Shields, Oil Merchant and Sphinx Houses) Four LH IIIB buildings
Mycenae (Tholoi)
The Prosymna Tholos Tomb close to EH and LH settlements on Mastos Hill
Tiryns “of the mighty walls” Cyclopean palace built above LN? circular construction
The Tiryns Tholos Tomb associated with nearby palace of Tiryns
Vassa Walled settlement occupied in EH, MH and LH, but EH II predominates.

Site	Satellite View	Coordinates	Web
Asketario EH I/IIA coastal settlement abandoned end EH IIA
Athens Mycenaean remains below the Parthenon
Brauron Classical remains over Bronze Age settlement abandoned LH IIIB2
Eleusis EH to LH remains beneath classical city
Marathon Arnos LH IIIA tholos (covered in satellite view)
Marathon Plasi Coastal settlement inhabited throughout the Bronze Age, with MH “mansions”
Marathon Tsepi FN to EH II cemetery
Marathon Vrana Tumuli dating between MH I and LH IIIC
Menidi Tholos Coming Soon
Thorikos SGE tholos near to mining town occupied from the Neolithic to classical times

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Anthedon Coastal settlement with nearby harbour, possibly Thebes’ port
Eleon MH settlement in occupation through LH IIIC and beyond
Eutresis Cyclopean-walled town abandoned in LH IIIC
Thebes The Mycenaean settlement is emerging from under the streets of the modern city

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Aedonia Cemetery of LH III chamber tombs and tholoi for the nearby settlement
The Hexamillion Wall Classical fortification wall speculated to be built on a Mycenaean original
Korakou Site occupied throughout the Bronze Age
Perachora Vouliagmeni EH coastal settlement abandoned at the end of the period
Tsoungiza/Archia Nemea Settlement occupied during FN to EH IIB, abandoned, then re-occupied MH through LH IIIB
Zygouries EH II to LH III settlement
Vayia EH II fortified settlement

Site	Satellite View	Coordinates	Web
Kakovatos LH III town and chamber tombs
Portes Cemetery with interments spanning LN to Iron Age.

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Lefkandi EB coastal settlement that thrived through LH IIIC
Manika Extensive settlement and cemetery of EB I-II

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Amyklos EH II citadel
Ayios Stephanos (anc. Helos?) Coastal town founded EH I, abandoned EH II,reoccupied MH I, abandoned LH IIIC
Ayios Vasileios LH III palatial centre built above MH III settlement, in turn above EH I site
Epidauros Limera LH I chamber tomb cemetery and town showing LH IIIC occupation
Geraki FN/EH I hilltop town, fortified in EH II, occupied into MH II
The Menelaion Hilltop settlement and megaron
Palaiopyrgi LH settlement; home of Vapheio Tholos’ chieftain?
Pavlopetri EH coastal town submerged c.1000BCE
Pellana Mycenaean centre of Laconia?
The Vapheio Tholos Site of LH IIA chieftain burial

Site	Satellite View	Coordinates	Web
Agios Ioannis Kopais fortification LH IIIB fortifications guarding the drained Kopais farming land
Agia Marina Pyrgos Kopais fortification LH IIIB fortifications guarding the drained Kopais farming land
Aliartos Kopais fortification LH IIIB fortification with Cyclopean-style circuit walls
Chantsa Kopais fortification^? LH IIIB fortifications guarding the drained Kopais farming land
Gla LH IIB Fortress of Orchomenos and the primary storehouse for the produce of the drained Kopais
Gla Canal LH IIIA2 Kopais drainage channel
Gla Canal LH IIIA2 Kopais drainage channel (cont.)
Gla Canal LH IIIA2 Kopais drainage channel (cont.)
Kalapodi LH IIIA1, LH IIIB temples under classical Temple of Apollo
Kastro/Topolia Kopais fortification^? LH IIIB fortifications guarding the drained Kopais farming land
Kynos Also known as Pyrgos Livanaton Coastal town occupied from EH I into the Iron Age
Larymna Coastal settlement protected by extant LH IIIB cyclopean walls
Melidoni Hilltop coastal town
Mitrou Islet settlement stretching from the Neolithic through EH to the post-palatial era
Orchomenos ‘Treasury of Minyas’ LH IIIB Tholos associated with the Mycenaean citadel beneath the current church and destroyed LH IIIC
Poligira Kopais fortification^? LH IIIB fortifications guarding the drained Kopais farming land
Pyrgos Kopais fortification LH IIIB fortifications guarding the drained Kopais farming land
Rigkouneika Kopais fortification LH IIIB fortifications guarding the drained Kopais farming land
Skroponeri^? Islet settlement
Stroviki Kopais fortification LH IIIB fortifications guarding the drained Kopais farming land

Site	Satellite View	Coordinates	Web
Akovitika EH II settlement comprising two corridor houses. Destroyed end EH IIB
Iklaina Major LBA centre
Leuktron LH town controlling southern Messenia (‘Further Province’) until annexed by Pylos
Malthis Tholos tomb.
Nichoria Settlement spanning MBA and LBA with nearby tholos
Peristeria Three SGE tholoi and remains of a MH walled palace, houses and enclosures
Pylos “the sandy”
Pylos The Tholoi LH IIA tombs adjacent to the acropolis
Tragana Tholoi Tombs overlooking Pylos’ port at mod. Romanou
The Tomb of Thrasymedes SGE tholos built above MH burial mound; EH settlement traces nearby

Bronze Age Sites on the Greek Mainland

Greek Regions

Aígina

Achaea

Aetolia

The Argolid

Attica

Boeotia

Corinthia

Elis

Euboea

Kythera

Laconia

Lefkas

Locris

Messenia

Methana

Phocis

Thessaly