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Mycenaean Wall: Section Sp (Spanos Property)

PK	C7769
TITLE	Mycenaean Wall: Section Sp (Spanos Property)
WGS84	37.911523° N, 22.994357° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.911523, 22.994357
LON/LAT	22.994357, 37.911523

DMS

37° 54' 41.4828" N

22° 59' 39.6852" E

W3W	groans, sparingly, depicted
UTM	34 S, 675318.14, 4197873.63
EGSA87	411451, 4196187

Elevation m	67
Elevation feet	219.8
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Wall

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Morgan [1999], 443    'A mixed collection of pottery was made in an initial prospection.'
2.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 443    ' ... three Mycenaean fragments (one with band decoration, one unpainted shallow form, and one small sherd painted on both facess).'
3.    Sherds.   Broneer [1966], 351    ' ... two Mycenaean fragments ... '
4.    Wall.   Morgan [1999], 443    'The preserved section is 22 m long and is noted as the most typically Cyclopean stretch, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 443, 'The excavation notebook reports three Mycenaean fragments (one with band decoration, one unpainted shallow form, and one small sherd painted on both faces).'
    b.    Broneer [1966]: 351, ' ... two Mycenaean fragments ... '

NOTE

1. Position based on positive match of the wall in Google Street View at the reported location with Morgan [1999] 443, Fig. 9.

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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, 'As we proceed westward the wall ... ', pg. 351. 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, '8. Section Sp (Spanos Property)', pg. 44.

PHOTOS AND IMAGES

Wall segment Sp on Spanos property.
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