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Ithaca: Stavros: Spring Chamber

PKC611
TITLEIthaca: Stavros: Spring Chamber
WGS84 38.461095° N, 20.640139° E
Accuracy 100 m.

LAT/LON 38.461095, 20.640139
LON/LAT 20.640139, 38.461095

DMS 38° 27' 39.942" N,20° 38' 24.5004" E

W3Wrigs, educators, foresee
UTM34 S, 468604, 4257038
EGSA87 206681, 4262039

Elevation m128
Elevation feet 419.9
RegionIonian Islands
SubregionIthaca





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 185    'A few kylix-fragments (from the spring chamber) and other LH sherds are reported from this site ... '
2.    Sherds.   Heurtley [1934], 33    'Two kylix fragments. Hagios Athanasios.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 158    '.. an ancient spring chamber of the Hellenistic period was investigated ... A few kylix fragments and other LH sherds were found .. in the vicinity'
4.    Sherds.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 95    '... some Mycenaean pottery was recovered (the stems of two kylikes and of one stemmed bowl).'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 95, 'In a spring chamber (originally mistaken for a tholos tomb), about 200m down the slope, some Mycenaean pottery was recovered (the stems of two kylikes and of one stemmed bowl). ... A few more LH sherds were purportedly found in 1963 at a spot below the spring chamber.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 185, ' ... and other LH sherds ... ', 'A few LH sherds were found below the spring in 1963.

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 158, 'LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 185, 'LH III(A-B) H'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 158, 'LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 185, 'LH III(A-B) H'

NOTE

1.  This is an approximate location for the so-called 'Spring Chamber'. The 'School of Homer/Haghios Athanasios' site is about 200 m. up the hill at C612.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Heurtley [1934]:  Heurtley, W.A.. ‘Excavations in Ithaca II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (35) 1-44. 1934., '119d ... ', pg. 33. Online here.

2.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 27 Stavros: Ayios Athanasios', pg. 158. Online here.

3.  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., 'E 15 Ithaca: Ayios Athanasios', pg. 185. Online here.

4.  Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]:  Souyoudzoglou-Haywood, Christina. The Ionian Islands in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age; 3000-800 B.C.. Liverpool University Press. 1999. , 'Aghios Athanassios (52)', pg. 95. 'In a spring chamber (originally mistaken for a tholos tomb), about 200m down the slope, ...'
Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C611 is at 38.46704° N, 20.64292° E, a straight-line distance of 705.3 m.