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Stimanga: Evangelistria

PK	C7742
TITLE	Stimanga: Evangelistria
WGS84	37.900802° N, 22.681198° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.900802, 22.681198
LON/LAT	22.681198, 37.900802

DMS

37° 54' 2.8872" N

22° 40' 52.3128" E

W3W	lurk, utterly, gerbil
UTM	34 S, 647808.55, 4196141.23
EGSA87	383905, 4195341

Elevation m	801
Elevation feet	2628
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Morgan [1999], 477    ' ... among a scatter of later and earlier material.'
2.    Fort.   Lolos [2011], 534    'Site Function; Fort'
3.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 477    'Geometric and possibly LH sherds have been found ... '
4.    Sherds.   Lolos [2011], 534    ' ...; the pottery that I (i.e. Lolos, rhc) observed was rather scanty ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Lolos [2011]: 534, ' ..., Pharaklas recorded sherds dating from the Early Helladic to the Byzantine ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Lolos [2011]: 534, ? ' ..., Pharaklas recorded sherds dating from the Early Helladic to the Byzantine ... '

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 477, 'Geometric and possibly LH sherds have been found ... '
    b.    Lolos [2011]: 534, ? ' ..., Pharaklas recorded sherds dating from the Early Helladic to the Byzantine ... '

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 477, 'Geometric and possibly LH sherds have been found ... '
    b.    Lolos [2011]: 534, ? ' ..., Pharaklas recorded sherds dating from the Early Helladic to the Byzantine ... '

5. Classical: (480 BC - 323 BC)
    a.    Lolos [2011]: 534, 'Classical (4th century B.C.), Medieval'

NOTES

1.  This is thought to be the site of ancient Thyamia.

2.  Lolos [2011] 534 observes " ...; the pottery that I observed was rather scanty and definitely does not cover such a wide chronological range."

3.  For more about Thyamia see Topostext here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Lolos [2011]: Lolos, Yannis A.. Land of Sikyon: Archaeology and History of a Greek City-State. Hesperia supplements, 39. Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2011., 'DS-1; Stimanga, Evangelistria (ancient Thyamia)', pg. 534.

2. 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, '48 Evangelistria Stimangas', pg. 477.