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Panagia: Sherd Scatter

PKC7736
TITLEPanagia: Sherd Scatter
WGS84 37.775345° N, 23.160204° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 37.775345, 23.160204
LON/LAT 23.160204, 37.775345

DMS 37° 46' 31.242" N,23° 9' 36.7344" E

W3Wemployer, milky, withstand
UTM34 S, 690248.62, 4183087.08
EGSA87 425894, 4180934

Elevation m228
Elevation feet 748
RegionCorinthia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Sherds

TYPE

1.    Activity.   Simpson [1981], 38    'He (Gebauer, rhc) also marked another site, at Prophitis Ilias about 2.5 km, east of Korphos, ... '
2.    Sherds.   Wiseman [1978], 134    'Sherds of the Early and Late Helladic periods have been reported near the church of the Panayia on the cape.'
3.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 476    'Sherds possibly dating to the LH period also occur ... close to the Chapel of the Panagia ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 476, ' ... in a predominantly prehistoric (EH) scatter nearby, ... '
    b.    Wiseman [1978]: 134, 'Sherds of the Early and Late Helladic periods ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 476, 'Sherds possibly dating to the LH period ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 38, ' ..., as possibly Mycenaean.'
    c.    Wiseman [1978]: 134, 'Sherds of the Early and Late Helladic periods ... '

NOTE

1.  Wiseman bases his report of sherds on Gebauer, Archaeologische Anzeiger (1939) 270.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  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, '30 Korphos', pg. 476.

2.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 78B Korphos: Panayia and Prophitis Ilias', pg. 38. Online here.

3.  Wiseman [1978]:  Wiseman, James. The Land of the Ancient Corinthians. Paul Aströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden, 'There is little of antiquity to be seen ... ', pg. 134.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C7736 is at 37.76992° N, 23.16548° E, a straight-line distance of 761.5 m.