Historical place profile
Stroviki Helladic Settlement
A settlement mound immediately south of modern Stroviki (municipality of Orchomenos, Thessaly and Central Greece) has yielded archaeological evidence for activity from the Neolithic to the Classical period, with a significant floruit during the Helladic period when the site bordered the northern edge of Lake Copais. Evidence of Mycenean-era hydraulic works involved in the partial draining and control of the lake have been identified in the vicinity.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:380437088
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:380437088
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 38.477145, 23.104307
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A settlement mound immediately south of modern Stroviki (municipality of Orchomenos, Thessaly and Central Greece) has yielded archaeological evidence for activity from the Neolithic to the Classical period, with a significant floruit during the Helladic period when the site bordered the northern edge of Lake Copais. Evidence of Mycenean-era hydraulic works involved in the partial draining and control of the lake have been identified in the vicinity.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Pleiades
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
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