Site details

Olympia: Altis

PK	C370
TITLE	Olympia: Altis
WGS84	37.638709° N, 21.630465° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.638709, 21.630465
LON/LAT	21.630465, 37.638709

DMS

37° 38' 19.3524" N

21° 37' 49.674" E

W3W	sarong, students, comply
UTM	34 S, 555624, 4165917
EGSA87	290780, 4168083

Elevation m	33
Elevation feet	108.3
Region	Elis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Furtwängler [1890], 28
2.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 94    ' ..., containing coarse clay figurines, bronze figurines, and ... '
3.    Cem.   Messenia I, 226    'Pithos burials with slab or tile covers ... '
4.    hab.   Messenia I, 226    'MH apsidal houses ... '
5.    hab.   BSA [1949], 311
6.    hab.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 304    This covers all of Olympia in every period.
7.    Hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 94    ' ..., and apsidal megara and ... ', ' ... the source of a bronze horse ... '
8.    Pottery.   Messenia III, 128    'Numerous vases and sherds ... are reported.' (in AM 77 (1962) 3 ff.)
9.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 93    'A Mycenaean settlement has been identified here at the south end of the ridge ... ', 'This was probably the main centre of habitation in the area of ancient and modern Olympia in Mycenaean times.'"
10.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 94    ' ... and pithos-burials were found in the Altis.'

SITE SIZE

- McDonald and Rapp [1972]  p. ,  Size: 30000 sq. m.  This covers all of Olympia in every period.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 304, 'EH; MH LH'
    b.    Messenia III: 128, 'Numerous vases and sherds of EH and MH ... are reported.'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 94, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIC "PG" G ...'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 226, 'MH apsidal houses ... ', ' ...; mainly MH coarse ware, ... '
    b.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 304, 'EH; MH LH'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 94, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIC "PG" G ...'
    d.    Messenia III: 128, ' .. as well as sherds and statuettes of MH and LH are reported.'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 304, 'EH; MH LH'
    b.    Messenia III: 128, ' .. as well as sherds and statuettes of MH and LH are reported.'

5. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 94, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIC "PG" G ...'

6. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 94, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIC "PG" G ...'

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Furtwängler [1890]: 28,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 94, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIC "PG" G ...'

8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Furtwängler [1890]: 28,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 94, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIC "PG" G ...'

9. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Furtwängler [1890]: 28,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 94, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIC "PG" G ...'

10. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Furtwängler [1890]: 28,
    b.    BSA [1949]: 311,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 94, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIC "PG" G ...'

11. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Furtwängler [1890]: 28,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 94, ' ..., LH I-IIIC "PG" G A ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BSA [1949]: Annual of the British School at Athens, Athens, Greece. (44) 1949., '', pg. 311. Online here.

2. Furtwängler [1890]: Furtwängler, Adolf and Ernst Curtius, Friedrich Adler (eds.). Olympia: die Ergebnisse der von dem Deutschen Reich veranstalteten Ausgrabung (Textband 4): Die Bronzen und die übrigen kleineren Funde von Olympia. Berlin, Verlag von A. Asher & Co., 1890., '', pg. 28. Online here.

3. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: McDonald, William A. and George R. Rapp, Jr.. The Minnesota Messenia Expedition: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Regional Environment. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. 1972, '315 (8) Olympia: Altis', pg. 304.

4. Messenia I: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Habitation in Southwestern Peloponnese’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jul., 1961), pp. 221-260., '8. Altis (Olympia)', pg. 226. Online here.

5. Messenia III: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Explorations in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1964-1968’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 73, No. 2 (Apr., 1969), pp. 123-177., '8. Altis (Olympia)', pg. 128. Online here.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 51: Olympia: Drouva, The Altis etc.', pg. 93. Online here.

7. 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., 'B 71 The Altis', pg. 94. Online here.