Site details

Ayios Athanasios of Dorizas

PK	C5984
TITLE	Ayios Athanasios of Dorizas
WGS84	37.422871° N, 22.308733° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.422871, 22.308733
LON/LAT	22.308733, 37.422871

DMS

37° 25' 22.3356" N

22° 18' 31.4388" E

W3W	evolves, gestured, uneventful
UTM	34 S, 615801, 4142588
EGSA87	350200, 4142839

Elevation m	683
Elevation feet	2240.8
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Activity.   Parker [2008], 321    'Table A2.18: All Late Helladic Sites.'
2.    Settlement.   Forsén and Forsén [2003], 91    'The EH - MH settlement seem to cover both S 16 and S 15 while the LH - ER settlement is confined to the eastern part of the site, ...'
3.    settlement.   Forsén and Forsén [2003], 91    'The EH - MH settlement seem to cover both S 16 and S 15 while the LH - ER settlement is confined to the eastern part of the site, ...'

SITE SIZE

- Forsén and Forsén [2003]  p. 91,  Size: 32400 sq. m.  'Total size of S 15 - 16: ca. 270x120 m, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 91, '..., EH I - II (EH III - MH), LH III, ...'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 91, '..., EH I - II (EH III - MH), LH III, ...'

3. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 91, '..., EH I - II (EH III - MH), LH III, ...'

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 91, '..., EH I - II (EH III - MH), LH III, ...'

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Parker [2008]: 321, 'Table A2.18: All Late Helladic Sites.'

6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 91, '..., EH I - II (EH III - MH), LH III, ...'

NOTES

1. The church of Hagios Athanasios is at F2844.

2. Forsén and Forsén [2003] 91 say that "At the south-eastern cornerof the site there is a modern farmstead and a rich spring." I take this to be F3650. See the fine sketch drawing of the site in Forsén and Forsén [2003] 92, Fig. 62.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Forsén and Forsén [2003]: Forsén, Jeannette. and Björn Forsén. The Asea Valley Survey: An Arcadian Mountain Valley from the Palaeolithic Period until Modern Times. Astrom Editions, Stockholm, 2003., 'S 15 - 16 Agios Athanasios of Dorizas', pg. 91.

2. Parker [2008]: Parker, Catherine Ruth. Arkadia in Transition: Exploring Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Human Landscapes. Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the University of Birmingham. Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, School of Historical Studies. The University of Birmingham, January 2008., 'Table 6.1: LH sites of the everyday.', pg. 213. Online here.