Pitsa Cave (Saftulis Cave)
| PK | C954 |
| TITLE | Pitsa Cave (Saftulis Cave) |
| WGS84 | 38.088962° N, 22.509728° E |
| Accuracy | 10 m. |
| LAT/LON | 38.088962, 22.509728 |
| LON/LAT | 22.509728, 38.088962 |
| DMS | 38° 5' 20.2632" N | , | 22° 30' 35.0208" E |
| W3W | chug, deliveries, tucking |
| UTM | 34 S, 632393.5, 4216761.76 |
| EGSA87 | 369163, 4216447 |
| Elevation m | 872 |
| Elevation feet | 2860.9 |
| Region | Corinthia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Morgan [1999], 478 ' ... along with Archaic and Classical terracottas ... '2. Sherds. Ålin [1962], 61 'Ausser Votivterrakotten aus archaischer bis klassischer Zeit fand sich auch eine mykenische Scherbe.'
3. Sherds. L'Antre Corycien II [1984], 407 'Céramique: un fragment isolé de vase HR III, ...'
4. Sherds. Simpson [1981], 37 '..and a Mycenaean sherd.'
5. Sherds. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 70 'In a cave near Pitsa A and C terracottas and a LH sherd were found.'
6. Sherds. Morgan [1999], 478 'A LH sherd was found ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Ålin [1962]: 61, '...fand sich auch eine mykenische Scherbe.'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 70, ' ... and a LH sherd were found.'
c. Morgan [1999]: 478, 'A LH sherd was found ... in a cave near Pitsa.'
2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. L'Antre Corycien II [1984]: 407, 'Céramique: un fragment isolé de vase HR III, ...'
3. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Ålin [1962]: 61, 'Ausser Votivterrakotten aus archaischer bis klassischer Zeit...'
b. Simpson [1981]: 37, '...Archaic and Classical terracottas were found ...'
c. L'Antre Corycien II [1984]: 407, '...au moins à l'époque archaïque, ...'
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 70, ' ... A and C terracottas ... '
e. Morgan [1999]: 478, ' ... along with Archaic and Classical terracottas ... '
NOTES
1. For more:
- AA (1935) 197; A.K. Orlando, 'Pitsa', in EAA (6) 200-6.
- Two sixth-century painted plaques from Pitsa Cave are discussed by Gina Salapata in 'Female Triads on Laconian Terracotta Plaques', BSA (104) p. 330 [2009] which is online here.
2. I have assumed that the Saftulis Cave is the 'cave near Pitsa' to which Morgan refers.
3. L'Antre Corycien II [1984] 407 lists the various artifacts and pottery found in this cave (my translation): "Frequented from the seventh century to Roman times. Terracottas: satyrs, comic characters, brightly colored masks; largely predominant female types in number, including idolizing ('xoanisants') types, pregnant women, 4th-century types with poppy-flowered heads, Hellenistic types with melon rib hairstyles; a dance choir; a chariot drawn by sphinxes; scales; figurines of animals, roosters, doves, dogs, sheep, horses, turtles, pigs, etc. Ceramics: an isolated fragment of LH III vase, a few fragments of Orientalizing style, Corinthian aryballos, Attic black-figure lekythoi, numerous miniature skyphoi, fragments of amphorae and craters. A faience aryballos. Bronze objects: vases, mirror discs, serpentine arm bracelets, rings, a small chariot, a rooster, etc. Coins mostly from Corinth and Sicyon, one from Boeotia. Small wooden pyxis with engraved decoration; a (wood) group in the round representing two women, one seated, the other standing. Many bone dice. A small marble statue base."
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. L'Antre Corycien II [1984]: (no editor given). L'Antre Corycien II. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Supplément 9, 1984., 'VII. Pitsa.', pg. 407.
This is from chapter 10, 'Le Culte des Nymphes et de Pan' by Pierre Amandry
Online here.
2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Pitsa', pg. 61.
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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, '58 Pitsa', pg. 478.
4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 75 Pitsa', pg. 37.
Online here.
5. 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 81 Pitsa', pg. 70.
Online here.