Site details

Aidonia: Site Ai 2

PK	C1320
TITLE	Aidonia: Site Ai 2
WGS84	37.844687° N, 22.579386° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.844687, 22.579386
LON/LAT	22.579386, 37.844687

DMS

37° 50' 40.8732" N

22° 34' 45.7896" E

W3W	pricing, fibbing, logbooks
UTM	34 S, 638962, 4189758
EGSA87	374859, 4189246

Elevation m	389
Elevation feet	1276.2
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   BCH Online, 4509    'It was intensively terraced (20 terraces are preserved), with evidence of roads and ramparts which cannot be precisely dated, although Cyclopean masonry is probably from a Mycenaean fortification wall. Further preserved walls indicate extensive building.'
2.    hab.   AD[1999], 148
3.    Settlement.   Simpson [2018], 275    'The Mycenaean settlement to which the tombs presumably belong, ... '
4.    Settlement.   BCH [2000], 796    'Un vaste habitat prehistorique apparemment fortifié a été localisé ... '
5.    Town.   Iliad,     ' ..., and dwelt in Orneiae and lovely Araethyrea and Sicyon, ... '

SITE SIZE

- BCH Online  p. 4509,  Size: 40000 sq. m.  'The site covers a spur (400 x 100m) between two streambeds...'

- Simpson [2018]  p. 275,  Size: 120000 sq. m.  ' ..., c. 120,000 m2 in area, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 4509, ' ... Middle Helladic is the earliest to appear in quantity, beginning on the EHIII/MHI transition, ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2018]: 275, ' ... revealed three phases of occupation, MH, LH I-II (the period of the shaft graves) ... '
    b.    BCH [2000]: 796, ' ...: une phase HM ou antérieure, ... '

3. Middle Helladic I: (2000 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 4509, ...Middle Helladic is the earliest to appear in quantity...

4. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 4509, MHIII sherds include heavy goblet stems ...

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 4509, Mycenaean finewares (...) predominate in all areas surveyed.

6. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 4509, ...cups with rivet imitations also known in LHI and IIA contexts.
    b.    Simpson [2018]: 275, ' ... revealed three phases of occupation, MH, LH I-II (the period of the shaft graves) ... '

7. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2018]: 275, ' ... revealed three phases of occupation, MH, LH I-II (the period of the shaft graves) ... '

8. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 4509, ...cups with rivet imitations also known in LHI and IIA contexts.

9. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    AD[1999]: 148,
    b.    Simpson [2018]: 275, ' ... and LH IIIA-B (the period of the chamber tombs).'
    c.    BCH [2000]: 796, ' ...; enfin, une phase datée par la céramique de l'HR IIIA - B, ... '

10. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 4509, ...the site was abandoned in LHIIIA2 or slightly later, ...

11. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    AD[1999]: 148,
    b.    Simpson [2018]: 275, ' ... and LH IIIA-B (the period of the chamber tombs).'
    c.    BCH [2000]: 796, ' ...; enfin, une phase datée par la céramique de l'HR IIIA - B, ... '

NOTE

1. For the argument that equates this settlement at Aidonia with Homeric Araithyrea see Simpson [2018] 275-6.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, '', no. 4509. Online here. Online here.

2. AD[1999]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 54, '', pg. 148.

3. BCH [2000]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 124., '3) Zone de la nécropole d'Aidonia', pg. 796. Online here.

4. Iliad: Homer. Iliad. The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924., '2.571', Online here.

5. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Araithyrea (Il. 2. 571)', pg. 274. Online here.