Site details

Titane: Sanctuary and Habitation

PK	C932
TITLE	Titane: Sanctuary and Habitation
WGS84	37.920552° N, 22.624748° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.920552, 22.624748
LON/LAT	22.624748, 37.920552

DMS

37° 55' 13.9872" N

22° 37' 29.0928" E

W3W	indulgent, handier, bucket
UTM	34 S, 642807.02, 4198244.73
EGSA87	378974, 4197604

Elevation m	595
Elevation feet	1952.1
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Sanctuary.   Lolos [2011], 463    'Site Function Sanctuary and surrounding settlement'
2.    Settlement.   Lolos [2011], 463    'Site Function Sanctuary and surrounding settlement'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 36    '.. a few Early Helladic sherds and part of the stem of a Mycenaean tall kylix were found ..'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 68    'A few EH II sherds were found here and part of the stem of a tall kylix (LH IIIA2 or LH IIIB).'
5.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 469    'A section of kylix stem was found on the surface ... '

SITE SIZE

- Lolos [2011]  p. 461,  Size: 55000 sq. m.  'Surface Area 55,000 m^2'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 36, 'EH II LH III(A2-B) C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 68, 'EH II LH III(A2-B) ... ', 'A few EH II sherds were found here ... '

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Lolos [2011]: 463, 'Mycenaean (mainly LH III)'

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 36, 'EH II LH III(A2-B) C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 68, 'EH II LH III(A2-B) ... ', ' ... and part of the stem of a tall kylix (LH IIIA2 or LH IIIB)'
    c.    Morgan [1999]: 469, 'LHIII A2/B'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 36, 'EH II LH III(A2-B) C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 68, 'EH II LH III(A2-B) ... ', ' ... and part of the stem of a tall kylix (LH IIIA2 or LH IIIB)'
    c.    Morgan [1999]: 469, 'LHIII A2/B'

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Lolos [2011]: 463, 'GEOMETRIC'

6. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Lolos [2011]: 463, '..., ARCHAIC, ..'

NOTE

1. Hagios Tryphon is F6129. The bearings to this church, contra Morgan, are:

From feature F1157 (Titane) 347 m, on a bearing to Hag. Tryphon of 71.26°
From feature F1156 (mod. Gonoussa) 1879 m, on a bearing to Hag. Tryphon of 188.8°

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Lolos [2011]: Lolos, Yannis A.. Land of Sikyon: Archaeology and History of a Greek City-State. Hesperia supplements, 39. Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2011., 'HS-67 Titane: Sanctuary', pg. 461.

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 Gonoussa (Ag. Tryphon)', pg. 469.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 68 Gonoussa: Ayios Tryphon (Ancient Titane)', pg. 36. Online here.

4. 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 73 Gonoussa: Ayios Tryphon (Ancient Titane)', pg. 68. Online here.