Ithaca: Stavros: Spring Chamber
| PK | C611 |
| TITLE | Ithaca: 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 |
| W3W | rigs, educators, foresee |
| UTM | 34 S, 468604, 4257038 |
| EGSA87 | 206681, 4262039 |
| Elevation m | 128 |
| Elevation feet | 419.9 |
| Region | Ionian Islands |
| Subregion | Ithaca |
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.