Site details

Kalaureia: Temple of Poseidon

PK	C850
TITLE	Kalaureia: Temple of Poseidon
WGS84	37.523051° N, 23.480402° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.523051, 23.480402
LON/LAT	23.480402, 37.523051

DMS

37° 31' 22.9836" N

23° 28' 49.4472" E

W3W	sustainably, mistreat, telling
UTM	34 S, 719193, 4155790
EGSA87	453938, 4152738

Elevation m	190
Elevation feet	623.4
Region	Saronic
Subregion	Poros

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson [1981], 30    ' A deposit between the temple contained LH III (probably LH IIIB) pottery and jewellery; and an early Eighteenth Dynasty scarab was found just above this deposit ...'
2.    Building.   AR[1997], 19    ' ... the excavators concluded that the cult of Poseidon could be traced back to Myc times ...'
3.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 55    'A deposit beneath the temple contained LH III(B) pottery and jewellery; ... '
4.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 52    ' ... einige Scherben aus SH III gefunden, darunter ein Kylixfragment.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 30    'Early Helladic sherds were found both at the temple site ... '
6.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 55    'EH II sherds were found both at the Temple site and on a slope E of the chapel of Ayios Stathis, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 52, 'Welter meldet Frühhelladisches, ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 30, 'EH II LH III(B) G ... ', 'Early Helladic sherds were found both at the temple site ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 55, 'EH II LH III(B) G A ... '

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 52, ' ... einige Scherben aus SH III gefunden, ... '

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 30, 'EH II LH III(B) G ...', 'A deposit between the temple contained LH III (probably LH IIIB) pottery and jewellery; ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 55, 'A deposit beneath the temple contained LH III(B) pottery and jewellery; ... '

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AR[1997]: 20, ' ... beneath it contained pottery, which securely dates the activities in the house to LH IIIC.

6. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 52, 'Geometrische Funde sind gemacht worden.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 30, ' ... G A C H'

NOTE

1. For more on the (much later) temple, and with excellent photographs and diagrams, see Pakkanen, Jari and Royal Holloway, 'Documentation and computer reconstruction strategies in the study of architecture at the sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia, Greece', Sept. 2009. In 13th International Congress „Cultural Heritage and New Technologies“ Vienna, 2008. It is online here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1997]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (44) 1997., 'Poros. Kalaureia.', pg. 19. Online here.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Poros', pg. 52.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 38 Poros: The Temple of Poseidon at Kalaureia', pg. 30. Online here.

4. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'A 36 Poros: The Temple of Poseidon at Kalaureia', pg. 55. Online here.