Site details

Olympieion: Location 10

PK	C1820
TITLE	Olympieion: Location 10
WGS84	37.968086° N, 23.732043° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.968086, 23.732043
LON/LAT	23.732043, 37.968086

DMS

37° 58' 5.1096" N

23° 43' 55.3548" E

W3W	dove, benched, sober
UTM	34 S, 739992.3, 4205795.79
EGSA87	476315, 4202020

Elevation m	82
Elevation feet	269
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Mountjoy [1995], 34    'The deposits by the Arch of Hadrian ... also contained a few LHIIB-LHIIIA1 Acropolis Burnished and Late Matt Painted sherds.'
2.    Sherds.   Mountjoy [1995], 48    'In the east Lower Town the deposits mentioned above see LHIIA from the Arch of Hadrian and south of the Olympieion had LHIIIB material.'
3.    Sherds.   Mountjoy [1995], 17    'LHIIA sherds come from two deposits, ... and one south of the Olympieion on the north bank of the Ilissos river, Location 10.'
4.    Sherds.   Mountjoy [1995], 54    'The ... deposit, Location 10, south of the Olympieion contained a single sherd, a hollow jar rim, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Mountjoy [1995]: 18, 'The sherds from south of the Olympieion come from various pits uncovered in the excavations of J. Travlos 44.' and footnote 44 on that page: 'Ibid Location 10 ... has the edge of the main decoration against a typical LHIIA stone pattern filling motif, ... '

2. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Mountjoy [1995]: 34, 'The deposits by the Arch of Hadrian and south of the Olympieion, Location 9 and Location 10, also contained a few LHIIB-IIIA1 Acropolis burnished and Late Matte Painted sherds.'

3. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Mountjoy [1995]: 34, 'The deposits by the Arch of Hadrian and south of the Olympieion, Location 9 and Location 10, also contained a few LHIIB-IIIA1 Acropolis burnished and Late Matte Painted sherds.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Mountjoy [1995]: 48, ' ... and south of the Olympieion had LHIIIB material.'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Mountjoy [1995]: 54, 'The nearby deposit, Location 10, south of the Olympieion contained a single sherd, a hollow jar rim, that can be assigned to LHIIIC Early.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Mountjoy [1995]: Mountjoy, Penelope A.. Mycenaean Athens. Paul Åströms Förlag, Jonsered, Sweden. 1995., 'The East Lower Town', pg. 34. Also pp. 48, 53.