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Perachora: Heraion

PK	C948
TITLE	Perachora: Heraion
WGS84	38.028105° N, 22.852858° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.028105, 22.852858
LON/LAT	22.852858, 38.028105

DMS

38° 1' 41.178" N

22° 51' 10.2888" E

W3W	tribunes, improve, joggers
UTM	34 S, 662621, 4210554
EGSA87	399172, 4209267

Elevation m	11
Elevation feet	36.1
Region	Megaris

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    hab.   Payne et al. [1962], 27
2.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 38    'EH I-II and LH IIIB-C are certainly represented, and one sherd ... may be late MH. But the evidence did not suggest anything more than a small fishing community here in prehistoric times.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 73    'During excavation of the sanctuary some prehistoric material was found. EH I-II and LH IIIB-C are certain and one sherd ... could well be late MH.'
4.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 60    ' ... Scherben aus N, FH und SH Zeit.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 39     ... some prehistoric material was found. EH I-II and LH IIIB-C are certainly represented, ...
6.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 477    'Sherds scattered in the vicinity of the later sanctuary of Hera.', 'A few Mycenaean sherds were also noted during investigation of an EH house by the shore: ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 477, ' ... during investigation of an EH house by the shore: ... '

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 38, 'EH I-II MH? LH IIIB-C G ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 72, 'N EH I-II MH? LH IIIB-C G A C H'

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 38, 'EH I-II MH? LH IIIB-C G ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 72, 'N EH I-II MH? LH IIIB-C G A C H'

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 38, 'EH I-II MH? LH IIIB-C G ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 72, 'N EH I-II MH? LH IIIB-C G A C H'

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 60, 'Es sind dies Scherben aus N, FH und SH Zeit.'
    b.    Morgan [1999]: 477, 'A few Mycenaean sherds were also noted during investigation of an EH house by the shore: ... '

6. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 60, ' ... gehören SH II, IIIB und IIIC an.'
    b.    Morgan [1999]: 477, 'LH II-IIIC'

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 477, 'LH II-IIIC'

8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 38, 'EH I-II MH? LH IIIB-C G ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 72, 'N EH I-II MH? LH IIIB-C G A C H'
    c.    Payne et al. [1962]: 27,
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 60, ' ... gehören SH II, IIIB und IIIC an.'
    e.    Morgan [1999]: 477, 'LH II-IIIC'

9. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 38, 'EH I-II MH? LH IIIB-C G ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 72, 'N EH I-II MH? LH IIIB-C G A C H'
    c.    Payne et al. [1962]: 27,
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 60, ' ... gehören SH II, IIIB und IIIC an.'
    e.    Morgan [1999]: 477, 'LH II-IIIC'

10. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Payne et al. [1962]: 27,

NOTES

1.  Recently the Perachora Peninsula Archaeological Project under the sponsorship of Macquarie University in Australia has received a permit to conduct investigations here (through the end of 2023). Their home page is here.

2.  Ålin [1962] 60 says that the existence of a Mycenaean settlement here is uncertain.

3.  For more see the discussion of the Perachora Survey in Lupack [2022].

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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., 'Perachora', pg. 60.

2. Lupack [2022]: Lupack, Susan with Shawn A. Ross, Adéla Sobotkova, Petra Hermankova and Panagiota Kasimi. ‘The Perachora Peninsula Archaeological Project: the 2020 Survey’, Mediterranean Archaeology (34/35) pp. 143-154, '', Online here.

3. 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, '41 Perachora Heraion', pg. 477.

4. Payne et al. [1962]: Payne, Humfry and Thomas James Dunbabin. Perachora: the sanctuaries of Hera Akraia and Limenia : excavations of the British school of archaeology at Athens, 1930-1933. Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1962., '', pg. 120.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 87 The Heraion at Cape Perachora', pg. 38. 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 91 Perachora: The Heraion', pg. 72. Online here.