Site details

Troizen: Asklepieion

PK	C853
TITLE	Troizen: Asklepieion
WGS84	37.503718° N, 23.348313° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.503718, 23.348313
LON/LAT	23.348313, 37.503718

DMS

37° 30' 13.3848" N

23° 20' 53.9268" E

W3W	decoys, future, stellar
UTM	34 S, 707572, 4153344
EGSA87	442251, 4150665

Elevation m	67
Elevation feet	219.8
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 30    'Early Helladic sherds were found on the broad and low spur of the Asklepieion site, on the south side of the plain of Troizen, and not far to west of the centre of the ancient city.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 54    'EH II sherds were found here, ... '
3.    Sherds.   Foley [1988], 198    'At the site of ancient Troizen, EH sherds have been found ...'
4.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 54    ' ..., and G tombs nearby.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 30, 'Early Helladic sherds were found on the broad and low spur of the Asklepieion site, on the south side of the plain of Troizen, ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Foley [1988]: 198, 'EHII G A C H R'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 54, 'EH II sherds were found here, ... '

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 54, ' ..., and G tombs nearby.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Foley [1988]: Foley, Anne. The Argolid 800-600 B.C.: An Archaeological Survey : Together with an Index of Sites from the Neolithic to the Roman Period. Göteborg : P. Åströms Förlag, 1988., '110. Troizen', pg. 198.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 35B Ancient Troizen', pg. 30. Online here.

3. 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 33 Troizen: The Asklepion', pg. 54. Online here.