Epidauros: Maleatas
| PK | C862 |
| TITLE | Epidauros: Maleatas |
| WGS84 | 37.599054° N, 23.085376° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.599054, 23.085376 |
| LON/LAT | 23.085376, 37.599054 |
| DMS | 37° 35' 56.5944" N | , | 23° 5' 7.3536" E |
| W3W | angling, unclear, backhand |
| UTM | 34 S, 684093, 4163375 |
| EGSA87 | 419113, 4161436 |
| Elevation m | 428 |
| Elevation feet | 1404.2 |
| Region | Argolid |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 52 ' ... fine prehistoric bronzes ... ', ' ...; figurines previously found have been thought to be votives ... '2. Cult. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 52 'The case for Mycenaean cult seems quite plausible, ... '
3. Settlement. Theodorou-Mavrommatidi [2004], 1167 'An Early Helladic settlement at Kynortion Mountain near Epidauros ... '
4. Settlement. Simpson [1981], 29 '... traces of a Mycenaean and earlier settlement of domestic character.'
5. Settlement. Mee and Spawforth [2001], 211 'There was a Middle Helladic settlement on the site and an open-air altar was set up in the Mycenaean period, ...'
6. Settlement. Foley [1988], 179 '...and the finds show that the site was inhabited as a settlement as early as the EH period ...'
7. Sherds. Ålin [1962], 51 'Die mykenischen Funde bestanden aus Scherben aus SH I - III und besonders aus vielen weiblichen Figurinen und Tierstatuetten.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
a. Theodorou-Mavrommatidi [2004]: 1180, 'The transition from Final Neolithic to EH I must have been peaceful.'
2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 29, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIB ...'
b. Foley [1988]: 178, 'EHII MH ... '
c. Theodorou-Mavrommatidi [2004]: 1181, 'EH I and EH II pottery are found together in two different cases.'
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 52, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIB G A C H', ' ... continuous habitation from EH II to LH IIIB ... '
3. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Theodorou-Mavrommatidi [2004]: 1181, ' ..., EH III sherds were found in the same context with MH pottery, ... '
4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Mee and Spawforth [2001]: 210,
b. Simpson [1981]: 29, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIB ...'
c. Foley [1988]: 178, 'EHII MH ... '
d. Theodorou-Mavrommatidi [2004]: 1181, ' ... Middle Helladic pottery consists of larger parts of vessels ... '
e. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 52, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIB G A C H', ' ... continuous habitation from EH II to LH IIIB ... '
5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Mee and Spawforth [2001]: 210,
b. Foley [1988]: 179, '...it appears that it may have been a place of worship in the Late Helladic.'
6. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 29, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIB ...'
b. Foley [1988]: 178, ' ... LHI-IIIB ... '
c. Ålin [1962]: 51, '...aus Scherben aus SH I - III...'
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 52, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIB G A C H', ' ... ashy fill dating from early LH'
7. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 29, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIB ...'
b. Foley [1988]: 178, ' ... LHI-IIIB ... '
c. Ålin [1962]: 51, '...aus Scherben aus SH I - III...'
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 52, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIB G A C H', ' ... continuous habitation from EH II to LH IIIB ... '
8. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Ålin [1962]: 51, '...aus Scherben aus SH I - III...'
9. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 29, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIB ...'
b. Foley [1988]: 178, ' ... LHI-IIIB ... '
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 52, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIB G A C H', ' ... continuous habitation from EH II to LH IIIB ... '
10. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 29, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIB ...'
b. Foley [1988]: 178, ' ... LHI-IIIB ... '
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 52, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIB G A C H', ' ... continuous habitation from EH II to LH IIIB ... '
11. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 52, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIB G A C H', ' ... but a gap thereafter until G.'
b. Foley [1988]: 178, ' ... LHI-IIIB G A ... '
12. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 52, 'EH II MH LH I-IIIB G A C H', ' ...; fine prehistoric bronzes were found mixed with later ones in a deposit of A date.'
b. Foley [1988]: 178, ' ... LHI-IIIB G A ... '
NOTE
1. For a plan of the settlement see Theodorou-Mavrommatidi [2004] following Plate 7.
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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., 'Epidauros', pg. 51.
2. Alram-Stern [2004]: Alram-Stern, Eva. Die ägäische Frühzeit: 2. Serie: Forschungsbericht 1975-2002. 2. Band: Teil 1 und Teil 2: Die Frühbronzezeit in Griechenland mit Ausnahme von Kreta. VÖAW, '', Online here.
3. Foley [1988]: Foley, Anne. The Argolid 800-600 B.C.: An Archaeological Survey : Together with an Index of Sites from the Neolithic to the Roman Period. Göteborg : P. Åströms Förlag, 1988., '26. Epidauros Sanctuaries', pg. 178.
4. Mee and Spawforth [2001]: Mee, Christopher and Antony Spawforth. Greece; An Oxford Archaeological Guide. Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street. Oxford. 2001. , 'Sanctuary of Apollo Maleatas', pg. 210.
5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 30 The Asklepion of Ancient Epidauros: The Temple of Apollo Maleatas', pg. 27.
Excellent map of the sanctuary of Apollo Maleatas on p. 211.
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 27 The Asklepieion of Ancient Epidauros: Temple of Apollo Maleatas', pg. 52.
Online here.
7. Theodorou-Mavrommatidi [2004]: Theodorou-Mavrommatidi, Anthi. ‘IV. An early Helladic Settlement in the Apollon Maleatas Site at Epidauros’, In Alram-Stern [2004] , pp. 1167-1182, 'A. Introduction', pg. 1167.
Online here.