Site details

Gortys

PK	C5987
TITLE	Gortys
WGS84	37.539855° N, 22.04521° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.539855, 22.04521
LON/LAT	22.04521, 37.539855

DMS

37° 32' 23.478" N

22° 2' 42.756" E

W3W	commended, lefthander, ties
UTM	34 S, 592338, 4155276
EGSA87	327150, 4156271

Elevation m	336
Elevation feet	1102.4
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Wall

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Parker [2008], 113    'The evidence from Gortys consists of Korinthian G (or possibly sub-Geometric) cups, found beside a large wall in the eastern half of the fourth century cella of the Asklepeion.'
2.    Wall.   BCH [1952], 245    '..., avec un mur de refend vers le Sud-Est, plus ancien que les fondations du temple. Deux tessons corinthiens géométriques ou subgéométriques, qui pourraient donc remonter au viiie siecle, ont été trouvée à proximité immédiate.'
3.    Wall.   Mazarakis-Ainian [1997], 246    '..., an earlier crude wall which follows a NE-SW orientation was found.'
4.    Wall.   JHS[1952], 99    'On the site of the temple itself there is a massive wall on a slanting axis which preceded the construction of the temple and is dated by Corinthian Geometric pottery.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Parker [2008]: 113, '...Korinthian G ...', 'This belonged to a structure of comparable date (eighth century) whether a temple or temenos wall ...'
    b.    Mazarakis-Ainian [1997]: 246, 'In the immediate proximity two Corinthian Geometric or SG sherds were collected.'
    c.    JHS[1952]: 99, '... and is dated by Corinthian Geometric pottery.'

2. Middle Geometric: (850 BC - 760 BC)
    a.    BCH [1952]: 245, 'Deux tessons corinthiens géométriques ou subgéométriques,'
    b.    Mazarakis-Ainian [1997]: 246, 'Courbin dated this wall to the 8th c. and M. Voyatzis suggests that the structure was either a temple or a temenos wall.'

3. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    BCH [1952]: 245, 'Deux tessons corinthiens géométriques ou subgéométriques,'
    b.    Parker [2008]: 113, '...(or possibly sub-Geometric) cups, ...'
    c.    Mazarakis-Ainian [1997]: 246, 'In the immediate proximity two Corinthian Geometric or SG sherds were collected.'

NOTES

1.  Translation from BCH[1952] 245: "..., with an interior bearing wall (mur de refend) towards the south east, older than the temple foundations. Two Corinthian sherds, geometric or subgeometric, thus perhaps 8th century, were found in the immediate vicinity."

2.  The phrase 'mur de refend' is defined as a load-bearing interior wall in Jean-Marie Pérouse de Monclos, Architecture; description et vocabulaire méthodiques, Éditions du Patrimoine, Centre des monuments nationaux, Paris, 2011 (978-2-7577-0124-9). On p. 169 of that work under the article 'Mur-de-Refend' we read 'Mur porteur, montant de fond et formant une division a l'intérieur d'un bâtiment.

3.  For the previous stage of temple excavation at Gortys see BCH (75) 130 ff., [1951].

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. JHS[1952]: Journal of Hellenic Studies, (72), 1952, '', pg. 99. Online here.

2. BCH [1952]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 76. 1952., 'Gortys d'Arcadie', pg. 245. Online here.

3. Mazarakis-Ainian [1997]: Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander. From Ruler's Dwellings to Temples; Architecture, Religion and Society in Early Iron Age Greece (1100-700 B.C.). Paul Åströms Förlag. Jonsered, Sweden. 1997., 'The Peloponnese', pg. 245.

4. 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., '', pg. 113. Online here.