Site details

Isthmia Stadium Remains SW

PK	C7757
TITLE	Isthmia Stadium Remains SW
WGS84	37.913352° N, 22.99484° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.913352, 22.99484
LON/LAT	22.99484, 37.913352

DMS

37° 54' 48.0672" N

22° 59' 41.424" E

W3W	chimes, rebuild, command
UTM	34 S, 675356.26, 4198077.5
EGSA87	411496, 4196390

Elevation m	52
Elevation feet	170.6
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 436    ' ... the twenty-nine LH I-IIIC Middle sherds found in several places around the western sector of the stadium.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 437, ' ..., 1 body sherd of large LH open vessel.'

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 436, ' ... the twenty-nine LH I-IIIC Middle sherds found ... '

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 437, ' ..., body sherd small closed vessel with spiral decoration, LH II.'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 436, ' ... the twenty-nine LH I-IIIC Middle sherds found ... '

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 437, '1 base sherd of closed vessel with band decoration (LH IIIB?).'

6. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 436, ' ... the twenty-nine LH I-IIIC Middle sherds found ... '

NOTE

1. Morgan [1999] 436 suggests that some of the sherds found in this area are from the fill around the Mycenaean Wall (C926) which passes close to the later stadium. See the maps here: pg. 436, Fig. 1 and 437, Fig. 2.

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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, 'Yet this alone may not explain ... ', pg. 436.