Site details

Rachi Settlement

PK	C925
TITLE	Rachi Settlement
WGS84	37.912024° N, 22.990359° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.912024, 22.990359
LON/LAT	22.990359, 37.912024

DMS

37° 54' 43.2864" N

22° 59' 25.2924" E

W3W	envisaged, baseballs, masculinity
UTM	34 S, 674965.46, 4197921.72
EGSA87	411100, 4196247

Elevation m	100
Elevation feet	328.1
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Morgan [1999], 435    ' ..., he lists ..., part of a figurine, ... '
2.    Settlement.   Morgan [1999], 435    'Broneer (...) suggested that a small Mycenaean settlement might have existed on the western slopes, ... '
3.    Settlement.   Broneer [1966], 352    'A small Mycenaean settlement on the western part of the Rachi, where the plow from time to time exposes some LH III B pottery, ... '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 35    ' ...; and on the eroded spur of Rachi, to southwest of and above the sanctuary, prehistoric sherds were found, including Mycenaean.'
5.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 435    ' ..., where he noted occasional LH IIIB sherds together with later material ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 35, '... Rachi, to southwest of and above the sanctuary, prehistoric sherds were found, including Mycenaean.'
    b.    Morgan [1999]: 436, ' ...; further LH body sherds are found ... '

2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 435, ' ... two LH II alabastra ... '

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 436, ' ... and a LH IIIA2/B kylix ... '

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 435, ' ... occasional LH IIIB sherds ... '
    b.    Broneer [1966]: 352, 'A small Mycenaean settlement on the western part of the Rachi, where the plow from time to time exposes some LH III B pottery, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Broneer [1966]: Broneer, Oscar. ‘The Cyclopean Wall on the Isthmus of Corinth and Its Bearing on Late Bronze Age Chronology’, Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (35:4), pp. 346-352, 'On the slope below the Rachi ... ', pg. 352. Online here.

2. 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, '4. The Rachi', pg. 435.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 61 Isthmia', pg. 35. Online here.