Site details

Merteika/Mertikeika

PK	C956
TITLE	Merteika∕Mertikeika
WGS84	38.070523° N, 22.619554° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	38.070523, 22.619554
LON/LAT	22.619554, 38.070523

DMS

38° 4' 13.8828" N

22° 37' 10.3944" E

W3W	sunglasses, streams, uncorks
UTM	34 S, 642061, 4214878
EGSA87	378764, 4214252

Elevation m	58
Elevation feet	190.3
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 37    'Gebauer noted fine EH and LH sherds on a site near the village of Merteika.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 70    'Fine EH and LH sherds were noted.'
3.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 478    'LH sherd scatter approximately located near the modern village of Merteika, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 70, 'Fine EH and LH sherds were noted.'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 37, 'Gebauer noted fine EH and LH sherds on a site near the village of Merteika, ... ', 'EH II LH'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 70, 'EH II LH'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 37, 'Gebauer noted fine EH and LH sherds on a site near the village of Merteika, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 70, 'Fine EH and LH sherds were noted.'
    c.    Morgan [1999]: 478, 'LH sherd scatter approximately located near the modern village of Merteika, ... '

NOTE

1. Simpson (1981, 37, s.v. Merteika) realizes that Gebauer's directions are insufficient. I have placed the mark at the north end of the valley on a hill slope but I do not even know if it's the correct side of the valley.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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, '57 Merteika', pg. 478.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 74 Merteika', pg. 37. I am assuming that Merteika and Mertikeika are the same locale.
Online here.

3. 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 80 Merteika', pg. 70. Online here.