Site details

Athikia

PK	C7746
TITLE	Athikia
WGS84	37.819916° N, 22.929941° E
Accuracy	300 m.

LAT/LON	37.819916, 22.929941
LON/LAT	22.929941, 37.819916

DMS

37° 49' 11.6976" N

22° 55' 47.7876" E

W3W	ceramics, singing, corrective
UTM	34 S, 669865.23, 4187589.23
EGSA87	405672, 4186086

Elevation m	250
Elevation feet	820.2
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Morgan [1999], 474    ' ..., contains three vases (CP 2177-2179).'
2.    Pottery.   Charitonides [1957], 170    ' ..., three geometric vases from another grave in the vicinity were found ... ', Charitonides describes two oinochoai and a lekythos.
3.    Pottery.   Wiseman [1978], 96    Footnote 91: 'The grave contained three vases.'
4.    Tomb.   Morgan [1999], 474    ' ... 3) Grave 1955-1 ... '
5.    Tomb.   Charitonides [1957], 170    ' ... from another grave in the vicinity ... ', ' ..., but I was told that the vases were found in a cist which had been dug out of the soft rock and closed with a poros slab.'
6.    Tomb.   Wiseman [1978], 90    'A grave of the same early date (EG, rhc) was found accidentally in the eastern part of the town itself when water pipes were being laid near a newly-built public fountain.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Iron Age: (1200 BC - 960 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 474, 'EIA: MG I'

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Charitonides [1957]: 170, ' ..., for it anticipates the development of the later (ripe) geometric style.'

3. Early Geometric: (900 BC - 850 BC)
    a.    Wiseman [1978]: 90, 'A grave of the same early date (EG, rhc) was found accidentally ... '

4. Middle Geometric I: (850 BC - 800 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 474, 'EIA: MG I'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Charitonides [1957]: Charitonides, S.. ‘More Geometric from the Corinthia’, American Journal of Archaeology, (61:2) 169-171., ' MORE GEOMETRIC FROM THE CORINTHIA', pg. 169. Online here.

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, '17 Athikia: 3) Grave 1955-1 ... ', pg. 474.

3. Wiseman [1978]: Wiseman, James. The Land of the Ancient Corinthians. Paul Aströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden, '4. The Region of Athikia; 'A Grave of the same early date was found ... '', pg. 90.