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Keryneia/Ayios Yeorgios

PKC676
TITLEKeryneia∕Ayios Yeorgios
WGS84 38.20771° N, 22.12656° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 38.20771, 22.12656
LON/LAT 22.12656, 38.20771

DMS 38° 12' 27.756" N,22° 7' 35.616" E

W3Whiring, spool, ungrateful
UTM34 S, 598631, 4229461
EGSA87 335825, 4230233

Elevation m256
Elevation feet 839.9
RegionAchaea





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson [1981], 97    'A Mycenaean bronze double axe head ...'
2.    Fort.   AD[1991], 156    ' ... μυκηναϊκή οχύρωση ... '
3.    hab.   Papadopoulos [1979], 36    '...it could be considered a candidate for the Mycenaean habitation site.'
4.    Pottery.   AD[1991], 156    ' ..., επιφανειακή κεραμεική από τη μυκηναϊκή περίοδο ... '
5.    Settlement.   Simpson [2018], 284    'It appears to have been the acropolis of ancient Helike ... '
6.    Settlement.   Katsonopoulo [2002], 180    '...suggest that the hill served as a settlement site in addition to having been the acropolis of Helike.'
7.    Town.   Iliad,     ' ... and throughout all Aegialus, and about broad Helice, ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 97, 'A Mycenaean bronze double axe head, ... '
    b.    Simpson [2018]: 283, 'On the hill of Ayios Yeoryios (alias Brouma) surface material included some Mycenaean sherds.'
    c.    AD[1991]: 156, ' ... από τη μυκηναϊκή περίοδο ... '

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 36, 'LH (III?)'

3. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Katsonopoulo [2002]: 180, 'Occupation of the hill in the Archaic period is also suggested by the excavation of the foundations of an archaic building ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  AD[1991]:  Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 46, '', pg. 156.

2.  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.

3.  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. 180. Online here.

4.  Papadopoulos [1979]:  Papadopoulos, Thanasis J.. Mycenaean Achaea; Part 1: Text. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden. 1979. Vol 1., '65. Keryneia (Ayios Yeorgios)', pg. 36. 'Hope Simpson and McDonald saw a Mycenaean double axe (said to be now in Patras Museum; I did not find it), which had been found at the site. They did not find Mycenaean sherds on the hill itself, but suggest that it could be considered as a candidate for the Mycenaean habitation site.'

5.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Kerinia: Ayios Yeoryios', pg. 97. Online here.

6.  Simpson [2018]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, '', Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C676 is at 38.21861° N, 22.1483° E, a straight-line distance of 2 km and 255 m.