Site details

Olympia: New Museum

PK	C182
TITLE	Olympia: New Museum
WGS84	37.643428° N, 21.629545° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.643428, 21.629545
LON/LAT	21.629545, 37.643428

DMS

37° 38' 36.3408" N

21° 37' 46.362" E

W3W	incur, inhabit, pledges
UTM	34 S, 555539, 4166440
EGSA87	290712, 4168609

Elevation m	49
Elevation feet	160.8
Region	Elis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 95    'Much prehistoric material is reported from the neighbourhood of the new museum and the railway station, ... '
2.    Buildings.   Messenia II, 231    'These include MH buildings, MH and Mycenaean sherds, and late Mycenaean chamber tombs.'
3.    Cem.   BCH [1960], 720    '...ainsi que la fouille d'une tombe mycénienne récente à chambre sur une pente à proximité; ...', ' D'autres tombes mycéniennes ont été réperées.'
4.    Cem.   Messenia III, 129    'Also, a large Mycenaean cemetery has been uncovered on the nearer slopes of the same hill. Thirteen chamber tombs have been excavated containing LH IIIB vases, jewelry and objects of metal.'. The 'hill' is the Kronion.
5.    Cem.   AD[1972], 268
6.    hab.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 306    'HAB-CEM. Jewelry and metal objects, house walls, and paved hearth (?) in excavation for museum basement; 13 LHIIIB chamber tombs in slope above; more ruined Mycenaean tombs still farther E; ruins of Mycenaean and pre-Mycenaean houses on summit of Hill of Kronos'
7.    hab.   Messenia III, 128    'House walls, a paved hearth (?), and plentiful EH and MH pottery, as well as some LH sherds were discovered on the site of the new museum ... '
8.    Sherds.   BCH [1960], 720    '...les tessons mycéniennes trouvés dans cette région, ..'

SITE SIZE

- McDonald and Rapp [1972]  p. ,  Size: 1000000 sq. m.  HAB-CEM. Jewelry and metal objects, house walls, and paved hearth (?) in excavation for museum basement; 13 LHIIIB chamber tombs in slope above; more ruined Mycenaean tombs still farther E; ruins of Mycenaean and pre-Mycenaean houses on summit of Hill of Kronos

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Prehistoric: (4000 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 95, 'Much prehistoric material is reported ... '

2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 306, 'EH; MH LHII - IIIB'
    b.    Messenia III: 128, ' ... plentiful EH and MH pottery, ... '

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 306, 'EH; MH LHII - IIIB'
    b.    Messenia III: 128, ' ... plentiful EH and MH pottery, ... '
    c.    Messenia II: 231, 'These include MH buildings, MH and Mycenaean sherds, ... '

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 128, ' ..., as well as some LH sherds, ... '
    b.    Messenia II: 231, ' ... and late Mycenaean chamber tombs.'

5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 306, 'EH; MH LHII - IIIB'

6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 306, 'EH; MH LHII - IIIB'
    b.    BCH [1960]: 720,

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 306, 'EH; MH LHII - IIIB'
    b.    Messenia III: 129, 'Thirteen chamber tombs have been excavated containing LH IIIB vases, jewelry and objects of metal.'
    c.    BCH [1960]: 720, '...tombes à fosse, d'époque mycénienne moyenne...'

8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AD[1972]: 268,
    b.    BCH [1960]: 720, '..une tombe mycénienne récente à chambre ...'

NOTE

1. In Messenia II, 231 '8. Altis (Olympia)': 'Yalouris reports various prehistoric discoveries in the course of preparing the ground for the new museum.'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1960]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 84-1, 84-2, 1960., '', pg. 720. Online here.

2. AD[1972]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 27, '', pg. 268.

3. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: McDonald, William A. and George R. Rapp, Jr.. The Minnesota Messenia Expedition: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Regional Environment. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. 1972, '321 (8A) Olympia: New Museum', pg. 306.

4. Messenia II: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Exploration in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1962-1963’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 68, No. 3 (Jul., 1964), pp. 229-245., '8. Altis (Olympia)', pg. 231. Online here.

5. Messenia III: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Explorations in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1964-1968’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 73, No. 2 (Apr., 1969), pp. 123-177., '8A. New Museum (Olympia)', pg. 128. 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., 'B 72 Modern Olympia', pg. 95. Online here.