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Mycenaean Wall: Section St

PKC7759
TITLEMycenaean Wall: Section St
WGS84 37.913254° N, 23.00523° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 37.913254, 23.00523
LON/LAT 23.00523, 37.913254

DMS 37° 54' 47.7144" N,23° 0' 18.828" E

W3Wfattier, swirly, retrieves
UTM34 S, 676269.91, 4198086.23
EGSA87 412409, 4196369

Elevation m13
Elevation feet 42.7
RegionCorinthia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Wall

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Broneer [1966], 349    ' ... and a stone grinder'.  Quote is from W.P. Donovan's field book.
2.    Pottery.   Morgan [1999], 441    'The presence in these trenches of two relatively complete vases, 142 and 164, is notable.'
3.    Pottery.   Broneer [1966], 349    ' ..., including the fragmentary stirrup vase in Plate 84, a.'
4.    Sherds.   Broneer [1966], 349    'About the two faces of the wall were here exposed for a total distance of 25 m.;, including the fragmentary stirrup vase ... '
5.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 441    ' ..., and Mycenaean sherds were found ... '
6.    Wall.   Broneer [1966], 349    ' ... the two faces of the wall were here exposed for a total distance of 25 m.; ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Broneer [1966]: 349, 'About half of the datable sherds from there are Mycenaean, ... '

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 442, ' ..., small krater handle mono outside (LH III), ... '

3. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 441, ' ..., LH IIIA1 shallow cup with stipple FS 219, ... '

4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 74, No. 164 is illustrated on p. 75, no. 164. Morgan assigns it to LH IIIA2-C.

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 442, ' ..., deep bowl sherd with edge of panel (LH IIIB), ... '

6. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 442, ' ..., body sherd mono inside deep bowl? (LH IIIB2/C), ... '
    b.    Morgan [1999]: 68, No. 142 is illustrated on p. 69, no. 142. Morgan assigns it to LH IIIB/C Early.

7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 442, ' ..., body sherd mono inside deep bowl? (LH IIIB2/C), ... '

NOTES

1.  Broneer [1966] provides a photograph of the two vases mentioned by Morgan (nos. 142 and 164) in Plate 8 a.

2.  See the important discussion of this wall, its construction method, and purposes which appears in Simpson and Hagel [2006] 124-140.

3.  This section of the supposed Mycenaean wall is preserved for a distance of ~25 m. It averages from 4.5 to 5.75 m in width. It was set into a bank, the northern side of which faced lower marshy ground. For more see Morgan [1999] 440-1.

4.  For placement see the blog post here

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Broneer [1966]:  Broneer, Oscar. ‘The Cyclopean Wall on the Isthmus of Corinth and Its Bearing on Late Bronze Age Chronology’, Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (35:4), pp. 346-352, 'The next section, St (Fig. 2.5), ... ', pg. 349. 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, '2. Section ST (Statiris Property)', pg. 440.

3.  Simpson and Hagel [2006]:  Simpson, R. Hope and D.K. Hagel. Mycenaean Fortifications, Highways, Dams and Canals. SIMA vol. 133. Paul Åströms Förlag. Sävedalen, Sweden. 2006., 'The Cyclopean Wall on the Isthmus of Corinth', pg. 123.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C7759 is at 37.91322° N, 23.00818° E, a straight-line distance of 328.4 m.