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Odos Herakleidou: Athenian Walls

PK	C6864
TITLE	Odos Herakleidou: Athenian Walls
WGS84	37.975931° N, 23.716025° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	37.975931, 23.716025
LON/LAT	23.716025, 37.975931

DMS

37° 58' 33.3516" N

23° 42' 57.69" E

W3W	rugs, without, ships
UTM	34 S, 738559.55, 4206625.25
EGSA87	474911, 4202895

Elevation m	67
Elevation feet	219.8
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Building

TYPE

1.    Building.   Alexandridou [2017], 54    'A building recently discovered in Herakleidon Street, close to the Peiraeus Gate within the Classical city wall of Athens ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Alexandridou [2017]: 55, 'The Late Helladic IIIC remains found in its close proximity might have provided a link with the past.'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Alexandridou [2017]: 54, ' ..., the edifice was founded in the Protogeometric period, and it remained in use until late in the 8th century, ... ', 'A Protogeometric pit was detected almost attached to the external face of the the building's wall ... '

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Alexandridou [2017]: 54, ' ..., the edifice was founded in the Protogeometric period, and it remained in use until late in the 8th century, ... '

4. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Alexandridou [2017]: 55, 'A fragment of a Late Geometric amphora ... '

NOTE

1. This structure was associated with burials. See Alexandridou [2017] 55 for a floor plan of the house.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Alexandridou [2017]: Alexandridou, Alexandra. ‘II. "Sacred" or Profane? Interpreting Late Geometric edifices in proximity to burials in Attica’, In Tsingarida and Lemos [2017] pp. 43-170, 'III. The Herakleidon Building in Athens', pg. 54. Online here.

2. Tsingarida and Lemos [2017]: Tsingarida, Athena and Irene S. Lemos, editors.. Constructing Social Identities In Early Iron Age And Archaic Greece. Bruxelles, CReA-Patrimoine, 2017, '',