Site details

Brauron: Hab

PK	C1527
TITLE	Brauron: Hab
WGS84	37.923681° N, 23.995579° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.923681, 23.995579
LON/LAT	23.995579, 37.923681

DMS

37° 55' 25.2516" N

23° 59' 44.0844" E

W3W	delimit, attractions, arrived
UTM	34 S, 763306, 4201580
EGSA87	499463, 4197060

Elevation m	29
Elevation feet	95.1
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   ERGON[1957], 23
2.    Artifacts.   PAE[1956], 79
3.    Cult.   Kalogeropoulos [2019], 221    ' ... I will argue that during the Mycenaean period this coastal site was a pilgrimage site and not a settlement.'
4.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 49    'Surface sherds appear to indicate that most of the available space on the acropolis was in use throughout the Bronze Age period indicated, giving an estimated size of approximately 16,000 m^2.'
5.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 214    'Most of the prehistoric site was on the broad S and E slopes, ...'
6.    hab.   Phialon [2011], 60    ' ..., des restes d'un habitat de l'Age du Bronze ont été mis au jour.'
7.    hab.   PAE[1956], 79
8.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 108    '...prähistorischen Siedlung sind auf dem Hügel der Aj. Georgios-Kapelle gefunden worden.'
9.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 49    'Most of the prehistoric settlement was on the broad south and east slopes, ...'
10.    Wall.   Phialon [2011], 60    'Des murs HM ont été dégagés sur sa pente nord.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 49,  Size: 16000 sq. m.  '...the acropolis was in use throughout the Bronze Age periods indicated, giving an estimated size of approximately 16,000 m^2.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 214,  Size: 16000 sq. m.  '...the whole available space on the acropolis was in use throughout the BA periods indicated, i.e. an estimated c. 16,000 sq. m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Phialon [2011]: , ' ... de l'Âge du Bronze ... '

2. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Kalogeropoulos [2019]: 225, ... we can safely conclude that an Early Cycladic (EC) marble figurine fragment of the Spedos variety was found in the area of the foundations of the Archaeological Museum of Brauron on the eastern slopes of the hill.
    b.    Kalogeropoulos [2019]: 225, ... the presence of imported EC pottery from the Cyclades is indicative of the fact that during the Keros-Syros phase, ..., the acropolis of Brauron attracted attention from the Cyclades.

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Kalogeropoulos [2019]: 225, ... a great number of fine undecorated EH II sauceboats, ...
    b.    Kalogeropoulos [2019]: 225, ..., the area that produced the most reliable EH II material in Brauron is the north slope ofthe acropolis, where datable ceramic finds belong to several phases of EH II.

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 49, '...there were remains of a large house near the summit, attributed to the Middle Helladicc period.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 108, '..weisen durch gute Scherben eine Besiedlung von MH bis SH II auf.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 214, '... there were remains of a large house near the summit, attributed to MH.'
    d.    Phialon [2011]: 60, 'Des murs HM ... '
    e.    Kalogeropoulos [2019]: 226, ... the "Middle Helladic house" and whose period of use should be dated between MH III or early LH I and LH IIB

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 213, 'The reported "fortification" ..., however, may in reality be terracing. It is attributed to late MH or early LH.'
    b.    Phialon [2011]: 60, 'L'un d'eux, localisé en bordure nord du sommet, est attribué à la période mycénienne, ... ... '

6. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 108, '..weisen durch gute Scherben eine Besiedlung von MH bis SH II auf.'
    b.    Kalogeropoulos [2019]: 226, ... the "Middle Helladic house" and whose period of use should be dated between MH III or early LH I and LH IIB
    c.    Kalogeropoulos [2019]: 230, The LH I Mycenaean decorated pottery on Brauron consists mainly of Vapheio cups ... and semiglobular cups ...
    d.    Kalogeropoulos [2019]: 244, ' ..., the evidence suggests that it became a pilgrimage site possibly as early as LH I.'

7. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 108, '..weisen durch gute Scherben eine Besiedlung von MH bis SH II auf.'

8. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Kalogeropoulos [2019]: 226, ... the "Middle Helladic house" and whose period of use should be dated between MH III or early LH I and LH IIB
    b.    Kalogeropoulos [2019]: 227, ... a circular clay platform was found which can be dated to a late phase of LH I or perhaps also to LH IIA.
    c.    Kalogeropoulos [2019]: 230, ... the presence of fragments of several LH IIA palatial jars ...

9. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Kalogeropoulos [2019]: 227, The material from the surface strata of the MH house, on the other hand, was mainly LH IIB/IIIA1.
    b.    Kalogeropoulos [2019]: 229, ... a post-LH IIB/LH IIIA1 wall ...

10. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    PAE[1956]: 79,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 213, '...there is no lack of LH IIIA-B sherds on the slopes, ...'

11. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Kalogeropoulos [2019]: 227, The material from the surface strata of the MH house, on the other hand, was mainly LH IIB/IIIA1.
    b.    Kalogeropoulos [2019]: 229, ... a post-LH IIB/LH IIIA1 wall ...

12. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    PAE[1956]: 79,
    b.    PAE[1956]: 79,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 213, '...and one LH IIIB house was found ...'
    d.    Kalogeropoulos [2019]: 230, ... a LH IIIB deep bowl found by Klairi Efstratiou on the acropolis during the excavations of 2000 ...

13. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    ERGON[1957]: 23,
    b.    PAE[1956]: 79,

14. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    ERGON[1957]: 23,

NOTE

1. There is a plan of the acropolis in Kalogeropoulos [2010] 219, Fig. 2. This diagram repeated in Kalogeropoulos [2019] 230, Fig. 12.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1956]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1956., '', pg. 79.

2. ERGON[1957]: To ergon tes Archaiologikes Hetaireias, Athenai: Archaiologike Hetaireia. 1957., '', pg. 23.

3. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Brauron', pg. 108.

4. Friese et al. [2019]: Friese, W and S. Handberg, T. M. Kristensen. Ascending and Descending the Acropolis. Movement in Athenian Religion. Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens 23 (Aarhus 2019), '',

5. Kalogeropoulos [2019]: Kalogeropoulos, Konstantinos . ‘Reflections on Pilgrimage at the Acropolis of Brauron during the Late Helladic Period’, In Friese et al. [2019] 221-252., '', Online here.

6. Kalogeropoulos [2010]: Kalogeropoulos, Konstantinos . ‘Middle Helladic Human Activity in Eastern Attica: The Case of Brauron’, In Philippa-Touchais et al. [2006] 211-221, '', Online here.

7. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.2.2.28 Brauron-Haghios Georghios; Attique', pg. 60.

8. Philippa-Touchais et al. [2006]: Philippa-Touchais, Anna, Gilles Touchais, Sofia Voutsaki and James Wright (eds.). Mesohelladika; La Grèce continentale au Bronze Moyen. Actes du colloque international organisé par L'École Française d'Athènes en collaboration avec l'American School of Classical Studies at Athens et le Netherlands Institute in Athens, Athènes, 8-12 mars 2006. Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique Supplement no. 52., '',

9. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 32 Ancient Brauron (Ayios Yeoryios)', pg. 49. Online here.

10. 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., 'F 38 Ancient Brauron', pg. 213. Online here.