Site details

Eurainisos/Ovrios: Site 3

PK	C4940
TITLE	Eurainisos∕Ovrios: Site 3
WGS84	37.859446° N, 23.142836° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.859446, 23.142836
LON/LAT	23.142836, 37.859446

DMS

37° 51' 34.0056" N

23° 8' 34.2096" E

W3W	walkway, locked, gecko
UTM	34 S, 688504.73, 4192384.4
EGSA87	424450, 4190279

Elevation m	55
Elevation feet	180.4
Region	Corinthia
Subregion	Evraionisos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Fort.   Kardulias et al [1995], 16    'The evidence suggests that the summit was initially fortiﬁed in the Mycenaean period, ... ', 'There is also some evidence that at least part of the fortiﬁcations date to the Mycenaean period.'
2.    Sherds.   Wiseman [1978], 134    'He (Stroud, rhc) found Mycenaean sherds (LH IIIC) in the vicinity of the larger stones ... '
3.    Sherds.   Stroud [1971], 243    ' ... sherds of Mycenaean date which I found on the ground next to the wall.'
4.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 475    ' ... from a collection of 28 sherds by Stroud in the area of a fortification wall ... '
5.    Sherds.   Kardulias et al [1995], 15    ' ...; he (Stroud, rhc) recorded several Mycenaean (Late Helladic III C) sherds in the soil between several of these stones and other, similar sherds on the ground nearby.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Kardulias et al [1995]: 15, ' ... to the Mycenaean period.'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Stroud [1971]: 243, 'In fact the sherd of Late Helladic III B date in the bottom left corner of pl. 5:3 was found in the earth which was packed between two of the large stones in the lowest part of the wall.'

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 475, 'Wiseman (1976, p. 134) reports the latest material as LH IIIC ... '
    b.    Kardulias et al [1995]: 15, ' ...; he (Stroud, rhc) recorded several Mycenaean (Late Helladic III C) sherds in the soil between several of these stones and other, similar sherds on the ground nearby.'
    c.    Wiseman [1978]: 134, ' ... found Mycenaean sherds (LH IIIC) in the vicinity of the larger stones ... '

NOTES

1. Site contributed by Professor S. Murray, University of Toronto.

2. See Stroud's photograph of some of the Mycenaean sherds found on Evrainisos in Stroud [1971], Plate 5.3.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Kardulias et al [1995]: Kardulias, P. Nick with Timothy E. Gregory, Jed Sawmiller. ‘Bronze Age and Late Antique Exploitation of an Islet in the Saronic Gulf, Greece’, Journal of Field Archaeology, (22:1) 3-21., 'Site 3', pg. 14. Online here.

2. Morgan [1999]: Morgan, Catherine. Isthmia VIII; The Late Bronze Age Settlement and Early Iron Age Sanctuary . The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, New Jersey, '28 Evraionisos', pg. 475.

3. Stroud [1971]: Stroud, Ronald S.. ‘Thucydides and the Battle of Solygeia’, California Studies in Classical Antiquity (4); University of California Press, 'Plateia is probably the ancient Aspis ... ', pg. 242. Online here.

4. Wiseman [1978]: Wiseman, James. The Land of the Ancient Corinthians. Paul Aströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden, 'Besides the Medieval remains, ... ', pg. 134.