Helike
| PK | C5004 |
| TITLE | Helike |
| WGS84 | 38.217707° N, 22.136815° E |
| Accuracy | 100 m. |
| LAT/LON | 38.217707, 22.136815 |
| LON/LAT | 22.136815, 38.217707 |
| DMS | 38° 13' 3.7452" N | , | 22° 8' 12.534" E |
| W3W | contingency, unhurried, boldest |
| UTM | 34 S, 599515, 4230581 |
| EGSA87 | 336746, 4231324 |
| Elevation m | 5 |
| Elevation feet | 16.4 |
| Region | Achaea |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. hab. Katsonopoulo [2002], 181 '...architectural remains consisting of cobbled streets flanked by large rectilinear buildings...'2. Settlement. Kolia [2013], 'Smaller settlements, like the one in Rizomylos, ...'
3. Settlement. Simpson [2018], 283 ' ... occupation horizons ... '
4. Settlement. AR[2001], 39 'EBA: a most significant discovery was that of an extensive and well-preserved EBA settlement, ... '
5. Settlement. AR[2016], 111 ' ... the extraordinarily large Early Helladic I to early EHIII settlement at Helike ... '
6. Town. Iliad, ' ... and throughout all Aegialus, and about broad Helice, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
a. AR[2016]: 111, ' ... the extraordinarily large Early Helladic I ... settlement at Helike ... '
2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Kolia [2013]: , '...and are also dated to the EH II-III...'
b. AR[2016]: 111, ' ...; the presence of walls in excess of 1m wide suggest monumental archcitecture already during the earliest phases of EHII ... '
3. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Katsonopoulo [2002]: 181, '...well-preserved coastal EH III settlement, the first ever found in Achaea.'
b. Kolia [2013]: , '...and are also dated to the EH II-III...'
c. Simpson [2018]: 283, 'At a depth of 4 m an extensive EH III settlement was revealed, ... '
d. AR[2001]: 39, 'Typologically, the pottery suggests a date in EH IIIa (ca. 2450-2350/2300 BC) for the settlement.'
e. AR[2016]: 111, 'Importantly, the HCH (Helike Corridor House, RHC) appears to be the sole example of the form to have functioned after the EHII - III transition; ... '
NOTES
1. Placed from the map on p. 179 of Katsonopoulo [2002]. This map was converted to an overlay in Google Earth. Accuracy is probably about 100 m. For the older scholarship see Papadopoulos [1979] 36 and Papadopoulos [1978] 16, fig. 25.
2. For a discussion of the location of this site see the blog post here.
3. The homepage of the Helike excavations is here. Excavation publications are described here.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. AR[2001]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (48) 2001., 'Helike', pg. 38.
Online here.
2. AR[2016]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (63) 2016-2017., 'Achaea', pg. 111.
Online here.
3. Iliad: Homer. Iliad. The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924., '2.575', Online here.
4. Katsonopoulo [2002]: Katsonopoulo, Dora. ‘Helike and her Territory in Historical Times’, Pallas (58), Habitat Et Urbanisme: Dans Le Monde Grec De La Fin Des Palais Mycéniens À La Prise De Milet (494 Av. J.-C.), GRACO (Groupe de Recherche sur l'Antiquité Classique et Orientale). pp. 175-182. Presses Universitaires du Midi. 2002, '', pg. 181.
Online here.
5. Kolia [2013]: Kolia, Erofili. archaeology & arts, Dec. 16, 2013., 'IV. Keryneia', Online here.
6. Papadopoulos [1979]: Papadopoulos, Thanasis J.. Mycenaean Achaea; Part 1: Text. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden. 1979. Vol 1., '66. Helike', pg. 36.
7. Papadopoulos [1978]: Papadopoulos, Thanasis J.. Mycenaean Achaea; Part 2: Figures. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden. 1978. Vol 2. , 'Fig. 25, point # 66.', pg. 16.
8. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Helike (Il. 2. 575)', pg. 282.
Online here.