Site details

The Sacred Glen (Kyras Vrisi Gorge)

PK	C6703
TITLE	The Sacred Glen (Kyras Vrisi Gorge)
WGS84	37.913378° N, 22.988197° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.913378, 22.988197
LON/LAT	22.988197, 37.913378

DMS

37° 54' 48.1608" N

22° 59' 17.5092" E

W3W	pillowcases, awoken, clerk
UTM	34 S, 674772.18, 4198067.91
EGSA87	410912, 4196399

Elevation m	74
Elevation feet	242.8
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Morgan [1999], 435    'A single Psi figurine, F6, was discovered in a nearby 4th-century well ... ', ' ... report two Geometric sherds from the area of the Sacred Glen.'
2.    Pottery.   AR[2015], 31    ' ..., it is possible that at least some of the Late Helladic pottery previously published from within the temenos may have been washed down from the site.'
3.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 435    'Three Mycenaean sherds have been found in this area.'
4.    Sherds.   Jenkins and Megaw [1932], 87    'Two geometric sherds were found; ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AR[2015]: 31, ' ... Late Helladic ... '
    b.    Morgan [1999]: 435, 'Three Mycenaean sherds have been found in this area.'

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 435, ' ... two Geometric sherds ... '
    b.    Jenkins and Megaw [1932]: 87, 'Two geometric sherds were found; ... '

NOTES

1.  The University of Chicago and Ohio State University are the principal sponsoring institutions for the investigations of the Temple of Poseidon and surrounds. See this and this for more.

2.  Jenkins and Megaw [1932] 85-88 are describing the area of the Kyras Vrisi Gorge some fifty meters or so just to the NNW of my marker. It is they who report the two Geometric sherds. Their entire discussion is worth examining and there are useful maps.

3.  The marker was placed by following Morgan [1999] 436, Fig. 1.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[2015]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (62) 2015-2016., 'Kyras Vrisi', pg. 31. Online here.

2. Jenkins and Megaw [1932]: Jenkins, R.J.H. and H. Megaw. ‘Researches at Isthmia’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (32) 68-89., 'Section D (fig. 9).', pg. 85. Online here.

3. 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, '3. The Sacred Glen', pg. 435.