Site details

Lykaion: Altar

PK	C1740
TITLE	Lykaion: Altar
WGS84	37.446575° N, 21.988568° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.446575, 21.988568
LON/LAT	21.988568, 37.446575

DMS

37° 26' 47.67" N

21° 59' 18.8448" E

W3W	legislative, soulmate, storms
UTM	34 S, 587442.96, 4144872.95
EGSA87	321924, 4146026

Elevation m	1367
Elevation feet	4484.9
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   BCH Online, 1464    'Stratigraphical evidence places the first use of the altar in the prehistoric period (Fig. 2). Late Neolithic, Early, Middle and Late Helladic pottery was discovered, with Mycenaean especially well represented (noting numerous kylikes and other small finds). Strata above this include Submycenaean and Protogeometric material, and Geometric to Hellenistic sherds in an apparently continuous sequence. There were large quantities of Final Neolithic, Early and Middle Helladic sherds in nearly all layers of the altar. Dedications recovered include miniature bronze tripods, silver coins, metal objects and miniatures of various kinds. Quantities of animal bone continue to be found, but as yet no human bone.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1464, '...Early, Middle and Late Helladic pottery was discovered,...'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1464, '...Early, Middle and Late Helladic pottery was discovered,...'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1464, '...Early, Middle and Late Helladic pottery was discovered, with Mycenaean especially well represented (noting numerous kylikes and other small finds)...'

NOTES

1.  Position based on the topographic maps in Romano and Voyatzis [2014] 574, Figure 2 and 576, Figure 3.

2.  For my own discussion of the significance of this altar see this and this.

3.  Dr. David Romano and Dr. Mary E. Voyatzis are co-directors of the Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project. The project homepage is here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Mount Lykaion, Sanctuary of Zeus', no. 1464. Online here. Online here.

2. Romano and Voyatzis [2014]: Romano, David Gilman and Mary E. Voyatzis. ‘Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project, Part 1: The Upper Sanctuary’, Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (83:4) 569--652.. 2014.., '', Online here.