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Argive Heraion

PK	C1078
TITLE	Argive Heraion
WGS84	37.692134° N, 22.775109° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.692134, 22.775109
LON/LAT	22.775109, 37.692134

DMS

37° 41' 31.6824" N

22° 46' 30.3924" E

W3W	rids, hunks, search
UTM	34 S, 656505, 4173140
EGSA87	391858, 4172076

Elevation m	133
Elevation feet	436.4
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Waldstein [1902], 109
2.    hab.   Foley [1988], 172    'The habitation remains of these periods are fairly abundant with remains of walls and pottery scattered over the slopes.'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 38    'On the summit and upper W and S slopes ... above the sanctuary there was a prehistoric settlement.'
4.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 37    '...die Reste einer mykenischen Siedlung und in der Nähe davon auch ein paar Kammergräber zutage.'
5.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 18    'On the summit and on the upper and middle west and south slopes was a prehistoric settlement...'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 18,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  'On the summit and on the upper and middle west and south slopes was a prehistoric settlement, about 150 m. northeast to southwest by 100 m.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 38,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  ' ... (over an area c. 150 m. NE-SW by 100 m.) ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 37, '...N, FH, MH, SH, G und späteren Zeiten.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 38, ' There are also traces of EH, MH, and LH habitation on the surrounding slopes, ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Foley [1988]: 172, '...many tombs have been discovered ranging in date from the EH to the LH period.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 18, 'This was apparently first occupied in the EH II period ...'

3. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Foley [1988]: 172, '...many tombs have been discovered ranging in date from the EH to the LH period.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 18, 'This was apparently first occupied in the EH II period ...'

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Foley [1988]: 172, '...many tombs have been discovered ranging in date from the EH to the LH period.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 18, 'This was apparently first occupied in the EH II period ...'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 37, '...N, FH, MH, SH, G und späteren Zeiten.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 38, ' There are also traces of EH, MH, and LH habitation on the surrounding slopes, ... '

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 37, '...N, FH, MH, SH, G und späteren Zeiten.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 38, ' ..., and LH pottery in the area of the A shrine, ... '

6. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Foley [1988]: 172, 'The LH remains consist primarily of Cyclopean walls...'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 18, 'This was apparently first occupied in the EH II period ...'

7. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Foley [1988]: 172, 'The LH remains consist primarily of Cyclopean walls...'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 18, 'This was apparently first occupied in the EH II period ...'

8. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Foley [1988]: 172, 'The LH remains consist primarily of Cyclopean walls...'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 18, 'This was apparently first occupied in the EH II period ...'
    c.    Waldstein [1902]: 109,

9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Foley [1988]: 172, 'The LH remains consist primarily of Cyclopean walls...'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 18, 'This was apparently first occupied in the EH II period ...'
    c.    Waldstein [1902]: 109,
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 38, 'The site appears to have been abandoned in the later stages of LH IIIB, ... '

10. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Waldstein [1902]: 109,

11. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Waldstein [1902]: 109,
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 37, '...N, FH, MH, SH, G und späteren Zeiten.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 38, ' ..., and its earliest reuse, as a cult centre, does not seem to antedate the G period.'

NOTE

1. For additional reading on the Heraion see:

Amandry, 'Observations sur les Monuments de l'Heraion d'Argos', in Hesperia, vol. 21, pp. 222-274
Caskey and Amandry, 'Investigations at the Heraion of Argos', in Hesperia, vol. 21, pp. 165-221
Antonaccio, 'Terraces, Tombs, and the Early Argive Heraion', in Hesperia, vol. 61, pp. 85-105

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Das Argivische Heraion', pg. 37.

2. Foley [1988]: Foley, Anne. The Argolid 800-600 B.C.: An Archaeological Survey : Together with an Index of Sites from the Neolithic to the Roman Period. Göteborg : P. Åströms Förlag, 1988., '8. Argive Heraion', pg. 172.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 6 Prosymna: The Ancient Argive Heraion; 1. The Prehistoric Settlement', pg. 18. Online here.

4. 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 4 Prosymna: The Ancient Argive', pg. 38. Online here.

5. Waldstein [1902]: Waldstein, Charles and George Henry Chase. The Argive Heraeum, v. 1. Houghton, Mifflin and Company. 1902., '', pg. 109.