Site details

Dorati: Hab

PK	C1940
TITLE	Dorati: Hab
WGS84	37.915815° N, 22.765695° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.915815, 22.765695
LON/LAT	22.765695, 37.915815

DMS

37° 54' 56.934" N

22° 45' 56.502" E

W3W	though, movers, beaming
UTM	34 S, 655206, 4197944
EGSA87	391356, 4196905

Elevation m	197
Elevation feet	646.3
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Building.   Lolos [2011], 302    ' ... the large-scale construction preserved in situ, ... '
2.    hab.   AR[2004], 18    '... largely Myc site...'
3.    Pottery.   Lolos [2011], 302    'The relatively flat plateau, ..., is littered with pottery ... '
4.    Settlement.   Marchand [2002], 125    'That this was a settlement site is clear from the large amount of coarse pottery, such as cups, ladles, and cooking pots ...'
5.    Settlement.   Lolos [2011], 302    'The large size of the settlement ... '
6.    Settlement.   Simpson [2018], 273    'But abundant surface sherds (56,000 were processed in the field) were found on the hill and its slopes ... '
7.    Town.   Iliad,     ' ..., and well-built Cleonae, and dwelt in Orneiae and lovely Araethyrea ... '

SITE SIZE

- Marchand [2002]  p. 126,  Size: 106000 sq. m.  '...the area covered with surface pottery and artifacts dating to the Bronze Age yields a minimum figure of 106,000 m².'

- Simpson [2018]  p. 273,  Size: 106000 sq. m.  ' ... on the hill and its slopes over a (minimum) area of c. 106,000 m², ... '

- Lolos [2011]  p. 302,  Size: 47000 sq. m.  'The large size of the settlement (at least 47,000 m²), ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Marchand [2002]: 125, '...much EH handmade pottery...'
    b.    Lolos [2011]: 302, ' ..., is littered with pottery of the EH, MH, and LH periods, ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Lolos [2011]: 302, ' ..., is littered with pottery of the EH, MH, and LH periods, ... '

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Marchand [2002]: 125, 'The vast majority of the readily identifiable material is Mycenaean, ...'
    b.    AR[2004]: 18, 'At least 10 LMyc cooking pot bases ith potters' marks were identified.'
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 273, 'Most of the surface pottery at Dorati is Mycenaean, mainly LH III, and especially LH IIIB and LH IIIC.'
    d.    Lolos [2011]: 302, ' ..., is littered with pottery of the EH, MH, and LH periods, ... '

4. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Marchand [2002]: 125, '...or LH I matt-painted sherds, ...'

5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Marchand [2002]: 125, '...but the majority of the identifiable fragments of fine ware are form LH III Mycenaean kylikes and deep bowls,...'
    b.    AR[2004]: 18, 'These include LH III figurines, and steatite and ceramic whorls.'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Marchand [2002]: 125, '...and of this material the later phases (through LH IIIB) predominate.'
    b.    AR[2004]: 18, '..., while most of the pottery belongs to characteristic shapes of LH IIIB and LH IIIC, with the deep bowl most widely represented.'
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 273, 'Most of the surface pottery at Dorati is Mycenaean, mainly LH III, and especially LH IIIB and LH IIIC.'

7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AR[2004]: 18, '..., while most of the pottery belongs to characteristic shapes of LH IIIB and LH IIIC, with the deep bowl most widely represented.'
    b.    Simpson [2018]: 273, 'Most of the surface pottery at Dorati is Mycenaean, mainly LH III, and especially LH IIIB and LH IIIC.'

NOTES

1. For the argument equating Dorati with Homeric Orneai see Simpson [2018] 273-4.

2. The dispute over whether there were two places called 'Orneai' is clearly discussed in Wiseman [1978] 109 ('7. Orneai').

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[2004]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (51) 2004., 'Dorati.', pg. 18. Online here.

2. 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.

3. Lolos [2011]: Lolos, Yannis A.. Land of Sikyon: Archaeology and History of a Greek City-State. Hesperia supplements, 39. Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2011., 'Orneai', pg. 301.

4. Marchand [2002]: Marchand, Jeannette. ‘A New Bronze Age Site in the Corinthia; The Orneai of Strabo and Homer?’, Hesperia 71, pp. 119-148. 2002., 'A New Bronze Age Site in the Corinthia', pg. 119. Online here.

5. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Orneai (Il. 2. 571)', pg. 272. Online here.

6. Wiseman [1978]: Wiseman, James. The Land of the Ancient Corinthians. Paul Aströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden, '7. Orneai', pg. 1978.