Site details

Arapiza Ridge

PK	C917
TITLE	Arapiza Ridge
WGS84	37.907381° N, 22.903952° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.907381, 22.903952
LON/LAT	22.903952, 37.907381

DMS

37° 54' 26.5716" N

22° 54' 14.2272" E

W3W	looked, destiny, gyrated
UTM	34 S, 667379.54, 4197247.82
EGSA87	403498, 4195817

Elevation m	103
Elevation feet	337.9
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AJA[1927], 159
2.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 63    'A small site on a ridge to W of the old main road from Corinth to Argos.'
3.    Sherds.   Blegen [1920], 5    'Early and Middle Helladic sherds occur here and some Mycenaean ware has been found. Arapiza is a small mound and probably not very important, ... '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 34    'Sherds found here in 1959 included LH IIIA and LH IIIB.'
5.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 57    'Blegen fand hier Scherben aus ... '
6.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 474    'Sherd scatter on a ridge ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Blegen [1920]: 5,
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 57, ' ... Scherben aus FH, MH und SH Zeit, ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 34, 'EH II MH LH IIIA-B'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 63, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Blegen [1920]: 5,
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 34, 'EH II MH LH IIIA-B'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 63, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 57, ' ... Scherben aus FH, MH und SH Zeit, ... '

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Blegen [1920]: 5, 'Mycenaean'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 57, ' ... Scherben aus FH, MH und SH Zeit, ... '

5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 474, 'LH II/IIIA-B'

6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 57, ' ... Scherben aus FH, MH und SH Zeit, die letzteren SH III.'

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 34, 'EH II MH LH IIIA-B'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 63, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'
    c.    AJA[1927]: 159,
    d.    Morgan [1999]: 474, 'LH II/IIIA-B'

8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 34, 'EH II MH LH IIIA-B'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 63, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'
    c.    AJA[1927]: 159,
    d.    Morgan [1999]: 474, 'LH II/IIIA-B'

NOTE

1. The ridge is unmistakable. Compare the photograph in Blegen [1920] which was taken from 37.911773° N 22.906517° E on an azimuth of about 194°

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AJA[1927]: American Journal of Archaeology, Journal of the Archaeological Institute of America. Vol. 31, 1927., '', pg. 159. Online here.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Arapiza', pg. 57.

3. Blegen [1920]: Blegen, Carl W.. ‘Corinth in Prehistoric Times’, American Journal of Archaeology, Second Series, xxiv, 1920, pp. 1-13, '6.', pg. 5. 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, '12 Arapiza Ridge', pg. 474.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 58 Arapiza', pg. 34. Online here.

6. 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 56 Arapiza', pg. 63. Online here.

PHOTOS AND IMAGES

Arapiza Ridge by Carl Blegen from Blegen [1920] 5, fig. 4. Picture was taken from about 37.911773° N 22.906517° E on an azimuth of about 194°.
Photo by Carl Blegen, modified by R. Consoli

Recreating Blegen's photograph of the Arapiza Ridge as it looks today (red frame) . Blue line indicates what was removed for highway building.
Google Earth photo modified by R. Consoli