Site details

Ayios Elias: Artifacts

PK	C5982
TITLE	Ayios Elias: Artifacts
WGS84	37.421911° N, 22.250421° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.421911, 22.250421
LON/LAT	22.250421, 37.421911

DMS

37° 25' 18.8796" N

22° 15' 1.5156" E

W3W	figured, roasting, plum
UTM	34 S, 610642, 4142412
EGSA87	345038, 4142827

Elevation m	1092
Elevation feet	3582.7
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Parker [2008], 128    '... a handful of unstratified Mycenaean and PG artefacts, ... LHIII conical conulus of steatite and probably LHIIIC sherds ...'
2.    Artifacts.   Forsén et al. [1998], 179    'These early finds includes (sic) a beautiful LH III conical conulus of steatite ... and two LH IIIC (?) sherds of a large closed vessel, probably a jar or an amphora...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Parker [2008]: 125, '... LHIII conical conulus of steatite ...'
    b.    Forsén et al. [1998]: 179, '... a beautiful LH III conical conulus of steatite, 2.2cm in diameter and pierced vertically, ...'

2. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Parker [2008]: 128, '...and probably LHIIIC sherds of a large closed vessel, a jar or amphora ...'
    b.    Forsén et al. [1998]: 179, '..., and two LH IIIC (?) sherds of a large closed vessel, probably a jar or an amphora...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Forsén et al. [1998]: Forsén, Jeannette, Bjorn Forsén and Erik Østby. ‘The Sanctuary of Agios Elias - Its Significance, and its Relations to Surrounding Sanctuaries and Settlements’, Nielsen and Roy [1998], pp. 169 - 191., 'III. The early cult activity', pg. 177. Online here.

2. Nielsen and Roy (eds.) [2000]: Nielsen, Thomas Heine and James Roy. Defining Ancient Arcadia. Symposium, April 1-4, 1998, Acts of the Copenhagen Polis Centre (6), The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 1998., '', pg. 179.

3. Parker [2008]: Parker, Catherine Ruth. Arkadia in Transition: Exploring Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Human Landscapes. Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the University of Birmingham. Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, School of Historical Studies. The University of Birmingham, January 2008., '4.4.1: Case Study A: Asea-Ayios Elias (46)', pg. 125. Online here.