Site details

Methana: Ayios Konstantinos

PK	C894
TITLE	Methana: Ayios Konstantinos
WGS84	37.5934° N, 23.401275° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.5934, 23.401275
LON/LAT	23.401275, 37.5934

DMS

37° 35' 36.24" N

23° 24' 4.59" E

W3W	benefactor, cope, swabs
UTM	34 S, 712000, 4163415
EGSA87	446995, 4160584

Elevation m	113
Elevation feet	370.7
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sanctuary

TYPE

1.    Sanctuary.   Konsolaki-Yannopoulou [2004], 61    ' has brought to light several Mycenaean buildings'
2.    Sherds.   Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997], 128    But very probably a settlement. 'The true centre might be on the summit of the knoll which is inaccessible because of the massive stone pile.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: 128, 'Eight sherds are certainly EH and there are also six possibles, ...'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: 128, 'Of the nine Mycenaean sherds ...'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Konsolaki-Yannopoulou [2004]: 61,

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Konsolaki-Yannopoulou [2004]: 61,
    b.    Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: 128, '... and one is a LHIIIB-C deep bowl.'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: 128, '... and one is a LHIIIB-C deep bowl.'

NOTES

1. Additional bibliography: Kirsten, E. and W. Kraiker, Griechenlandkunde, Heidelberg 1957, p. 483.

2. For a description and a spectacular aerial photograph of this cult complex see Birgitta Eder, 'The Role of Sanctuaries and the Formation of Greek Identities in the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age Transition', 25-52, esp. pp. 30-31 in Irene S.Lemos and Athena Tsingarida (edd.) Beyond the Polis; Rituals, Rites and Cults in Early and Archaic Greece (12th-6th Centuries BC), Bruxelles, 2019.

An article describing this site (and the source of Dr. Eder's photograph) is Eleni Consolaki-Giannopoulou, 'The Mycenaean Sanctuary in Saint Constantine of Methana; A large building complex', archaeology and arts, March 28, 2016 which is online here.

3. See the ground plan in Lantzas [2012] 20, Figure 4.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Konsolaki-Yannopoulou [2004]: Konsolaki-Yiannopoulou, Eleni. ‘Mycenaean religious architecture: The archaeological evidence from Ayios Konstantinos, Methana’, Wedde [2004] pp. 61-94., 'Mycenaean religious architecture: The archaeological evidence from Ayios Konstantinos, Methana', pg. 61.

2. Lantzas [2012]: Lantzas, Katie. Settlement and Social Trends in the Argolid and the Methana Peninsula, 1200-900 BC. British Archaeological Reports, BAR International Series (Book 2421). 2012., '', Online here.

3. Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: Mee, Christopher and Hamish Forbes. A Rough and Rocky Place: The Landscape and Settlement History of the Methana Peninsula, Greece. Liverpool University Press, 1997., 'MS13', pg. 128.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 37 Loutra Methanon: Vromolimni', pg. 30. Online here.