Site details

Corinth: Keramidaki or Asklepieion

PK	C7077
TITLE	Corinth: Keramidaki or Asklepieion
WGS84	37.910707° N, 22.87753° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.910707, 22.87753
LON/LAT	22.87753, 37.910707

DMS

37° 54' 38.5452" N

22° 52' 39.108" E

W3W	dispensed, stirrer, snare
UTM	34 S, 665049.1, 4197569.77
EGSA87	401180, 4196214

Elevation m	52
Elevation feet	170.6
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 61    ' ... (EH is also reported from Keramidaki, ... '), ... '
2.    Settlement.   Wiseman [1967], 26    ' ... all point to the existence of a settlement in this area that would have been roughly contemporary with Period III at Lerna.'
3.    Sherds.   Wiseman [1967], 24    'Within this limited area over 60 baskets of potsherds and other objects were taken ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 61, ' ... (EH is also reported from Keramidaki, ... '), ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Wiseman [1967]: 25, 'The pottery is characteristic of the E.H. II period.'

NOTE

1. For a description of the Asklepieion see the ASCSA page: 'Corinth Monument: Asklepieion' which is here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., 'A 52 Ancient Corinth', pg. 61. Online here.

2. Wiseman [1967]: Wiseman, James. ‘Excavations at Corinth, the Gymnasium Area, 1965’, Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (36:1) 13-41. 1967., 'Keramidaki: An Early Helladic Settlement', pg. 23. Online here.