Site details

Korakou

PK	C905
TITLE	Korakou
WGS84	37.932486° N, 22.903518° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.932486, 22.903518
LON/LAT	22.903518, 37.932486

DMS

37° 55' 56.9496" N

22° 54' 12.6648" E

W3W	recalculate, fracas, chorizo
UTM	34 S, 667284, 4200033
EGSA87	403493, 4198603

Elevation m	33
Elevation feet	108.3
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Acropolis.   Morgan [1999], 469    'Settlement on a coastal acropolis ca. 1 km east of Lechaion ... '
2.    Artifacts.   Morgan [1999], 469    ' ... a paste necklace and five vessels ... ', ' ... a pebble with a scratched cross ... '
3.    Artifacts.   Simpson [1981], 469    ' ... and a fresco fragment.'
4.    Building.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 61    'Several of the buildings excavated belong to the LH IIIC phase, ... '
5.    Cem.   Morgan [1999], 469    'Three LH II child graves ... '
6.    hab.   Blegen [1921], 35
7.    Harbor.   Simpson [2018], 270    'The Mycenaean settlement, ... '
8.    Pottery.   Morgan [1999], 469    ' ... TII containing two vessels and ... ', ' ... and five vessels), ... '
9.    Pottery.   Dickinson [1972], 104    ' ... domestic L.H. IIA and L.H. IIB are hardly represented at all except ... at Korakou.'
10.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 61    'There was a substantial settlement here ... '
11.    Settlement.   Morgan [1999], 469    Settlement on a coastal acropolis ... '
12.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 56    ' ... deuten auf eine nicht unbedeutende späthelladische Besiedlung.'
13.    Settlement.   Simpson [2018], 270    'The Mycenaean settlement, ... '
14.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 33    'There was a substantial settlement here (over an area of about 225,000 m^2) from the Early Helladic period to well into the LH IIIC period.'
15.    Tomb.   Morgan [1999], 469    'Three LH II child graves ... '
16.    Wall.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 61    ' ... for remains of a likely fortification wall ... '
17.    Wall.   Morgan [1999], 469    'The west side of the acropolis slope has a fortification wall.'
18.    Wall.   Morgan [1999], 469    'A complex of foundation walls belonging to many small houses ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [2018]  p. 270,  Size: 29900 sq. m.  'The Mycenaean settlement, partly excavated by Blegen, occupied an area c. 260 m east to west by c. 115 m, ... '

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 61,  Size: 225000 sq. m.  'There was a substantial settlement here (over an area of c. 225,000 m²) ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 33, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC A C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 61, 'EH I-III ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 33, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC A C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 61, 'EH I-III ... ', ' ...there was destruction by fire in EH (probably EH II); ... '

3. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 33, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC A C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 61, 'EH I-III ... '

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 33, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC A C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 61, ' ... MH ... '

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2018]: 270, 'The harbour site of Mycenaean Corinth was at Korakou, ... '

6. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 33, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC A C'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 56, 'Die Besiedlung in SH I und II ist durch ziemlich reiche Scherbenfunde bezeugt, ... '
    c.    Dickinson [1972]: , ' ..., and definite L.H. I and L.H. II deposits were isolated.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 61, ' ... LH I - IIIC A C'
    e.    Morgan [1999]: 469, 'LH I-IIIC Middle?'

7. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 33, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC A C'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 56, 'Die Besiedlung in SH I und II ist durch ziemlich reiche Scherbenfunde bezeugt, ... '
    c.    Dickinson [1972]: 103, ' ..., and definite L.H. I and L.H. II deposits were isolated.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 61, ' ... LH I - IIIC A C'
    e.    Morgan [1999]: 469, 'Three LH II child graves ... '

8. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Dickinson [1972]: 103,

9. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Dickinson [1972]: 103,

10. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 33, 'The site seems to have been important in the LH III period, to which belong remains of a circuit wall, probably a fortification, and of substantial buildings.'
    b.    Morgan [1999]: 469, ' ... most preserved house plans are LH III ... '

11. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 33, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC A C'
    b.    Blegen [1921]: 35,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 61, ' ... LH I - IIIC A C'
    d.    Morgan [1999]: 469, 'The adjacent LH IIIA? House P, ... '

12. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 33, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC A C'
    b.    Blegen [1921]: 35,
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 56, ' ... der Skyphos im Metopenstil aus IIIB sowie die ganzbemalte Ausfuhrung der Granary Klasse.', ' ..., kann es doch festgestellt werden, dass bei Korakou die Besiedlung anscheinend ungebrochen über IIIB hinaus noch in IIIC weiter bestand.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 61, ' ... LH I - IIIC A C'

13. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 33, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIC A C', 'Several of the buildings excavated belong to the LH IIIC phase, ... '
    b.    Blegen [1921]: 35,
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 56, 'In ihrem letzten Zustand dürften diese Häuser alle in IIIC zu datieren sein, ... ',' ..., kann es doch festgestellt werden, dass bei Korakou die Besiedlung anscheinend ungebrochen über IIIB hinaus noch in IIIC weiter bestand.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 61, 'Several of the buildings excavated belong to the LH IIIC phase, ... '
    e.    Morgan [1999]: 469, 'LH I-IIIC Middle?'

14. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 61, '... LH I-IIIC A C'

NOTES

1. This important Mycenaean settlement is thoroughly discussed in Blegen's work from 1921 and his report is the indispensable source for those starting to read about Korakou. This work is freely available online here.

2. 'When Morgan [1999] 469, '6. Korakou' says "A further chamber tomb discovered close to the sea, east of Lechaion, may be related" her words "east of Lechaion" are ambiguous. She may be referring to C6797.

On p. 469, '5 Ag. Gerasimos' she has already referred to a chamber tomb which is definitely C6797. I am not aware of another chamber tomb on the other (eastern) side of Ancient Lechaion (F1105).'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Korakou', pg. 55.

2. Blegen [1921]: Blegen, Carl W.. Korakou; A Prehistoric Settlement near Corinth. American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Boston and New York. 1921., '', pg. 35. Online here.

3. Dickinson [1972]: Dickinson, O.T.P.K.. ‘Late Helladic IIA and IIB: Some Evidence from Korakou’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (67), 103-112, 1972, '', pg. 103. Online here.

4. 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, '6 Korakou', pg. 469.

5. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Korinthos (Il. 2. 570)', pg. 269. Online here.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 51 Korakou', pg. 33. Online here.

7. 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 50 Korakou', pg. 61. Online here.