Mycenaean Wall: Section St
| PK | C7759 |
| TITLE | Mycenaean 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 |
| W3W | fattier, swirly, retrieves |
| UTM | 34 S, 676269.91, 4198086.23 |
| EGSA87 | 412409, 4196369 |
| Elevation m | 13 |
| Elevation feet | 42.7 |
| Region | Corinthia |
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.