Brielthi
| PK | C6796 |
| TITLE | Brielthi |
| WGS84 | 37.841832° N, 22.968065° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.841832, 22.968065 |
| LON/LAT | 22.968065, 37.841832 |
| DMS | 37° 50' 30.5952" N | , | 22° 58' 5.034" E |
| W3W | varsity, leaflet, clone |
| UTM | 34 S, 673169.81, 4190091.17 |
| EGSA87 | 409054, 4188480 |
| Elevation m | 210 |
| Elevation feet | 689 |
| Region | Corinthia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Wiseman [1978], 58 ' ..., including numerous fragments of stuccoed poros sarcophagi ... '2. Artifacts. Stroud [1971], 237 'A nearby sanctuary dump produced numerous terracotta figurines ... '
3. Building. Stroud [1971], 237 'At the same time he cleared the foundations of a large archaic building, ... '
4. Cem. Wiseman [1978], 58 'Stroud also reports traces of many graves, ... '
5. Chamber Tomb. Stroud [1971], 237 'In 1957 and 1958 N. M. Verdelis excavated a number of Mycenaean chamber tombs which were dug into the bedrock of the western hill (i.e., Brielthi, rhc) ... '
6. Pottery. Morgan [1999], 475 'Gebauer reported EH and MH pottery ... '
7. Pottery. Stroud [1971], 237 ' ... and votive pots which date from the early seventh century until ca. 500 ... '
8. Settlement. Ålin [1962], 58 'Gebauer fand hier frühhelladische Spuren und vermutet eine mykenische Siedlung, ... '
9. Sherds. Wiseman [1978], 58 'Kurt Gebauer found EH and MH sherds on the top of the hill ... '
10. Sherds. Morgan [1999], 475 'A small scatter of sherds on the hill of Brielthi, southwest of Galataki, on the road to Mertesa, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Ålin [1962]: 58, ' ... frühhelladische Spuren ... '
b. Morgan [1999]: 475, 'Gebauer reported EH and MH pottery ... '
c. Wiseman [1978]: 58, ' ... EH and MH sherds on the top of the hill ... '
2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Morgan [1999]: 475, 'Gebauer reported EH and MH pottery ... '
b. Wiseman [1978]: 58, ' ... EH and MH sherds on the top of the hill ... '
3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Ålin [1962]: 58, ' ... vermutet eine mykenische Siedlung, ... '
b. Morgan [1999]: 475, 'LH?', ' ... and Sakellariou and Faraklas (who note simply that Mycenaean pottery has been discovered).'
c. Stroud [1971]: 237, 'In 1957 and 1958 N. M. Verdelis excavated a number of Mycenaean chamber tombs ... '
4. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
a. Stroud [1971]: 237, ' ... and contained Late Helladic I and II vases.'
5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Stroud [1971]: 237, ' ... and contained Late Helladic I and II vases.'
6. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Stroud [1971]: 237, 'At the same time he cleared the foundations of a large archaic building, ... '
NOTE
1. The position of this site is based primarily on remarks in Stroud [1971] 236.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Brielthi', pg. 58.
2. Dodwell [1819]: Dodwell, Edward. Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece. London. Printed for Rodwell and Martin, New Bond Street. 1819., '', Online here.
3. Morgan [1999]: Morgan, Catherine. Isthmia VIII; The Late Bronze Age Settlement and Early Iron Age Sanctuary . The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, New Jersey, '21 Brielthi', pg. 475.
4. Stroud [1971]: Stroud, Ronald S.. ‘Thucydides and the Battle of Solygeia’, California Studies in Classical Antiquity (4); University of California Press, '', pg. 237.
Online here.
5. Wiseman [1978]: Wiseman, James. The Land of the Ancient Corinthians. Paul Aströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden, 'The hill of Briélthi (217 m) ... ', pg. 58.