Site details

Hagia Thekla

PK	C7315
TITLE	Hagia Thekla
WGS84	36.646259° N, 23.027194° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.646259, 23.027194
LON/LAT	23.027194, 36.646259

DMS

36° 38' 46.5324" N

23° 1' 37.8984" E

W3W	patterns, shrink, iterative
UTM	34 S, 681214.84, 4057545.82
EGSA87	412894, 4055784

Elevation m	12
Elevation feet	39.4
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cult

TYPE

1.    Cult.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'Type: Sanctuary', 'Ancient blocks and marble columns were found in second use in the walls around the church of Ag. Thekla.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From G to EA', 'The site cannot be dated with certainty.'

2. Early Archaic: (700 BC - 600 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From G to EA', 'The site cannot be dated with certainty.'

NOTE

1. Some tangential information is here:

J.J.E. Hondius and M.A. Hondius-van Haeften, 'Laconia. II. Notes on Topography', The Annual of the British School at Athens (24) Supplement (1919/1920-1920/1921), pp. 144-150. 'Temple of Artemis Limnatis', 147. It is online here
Laconia II, 'Monemvasia', p. 137. At the words 'To the south of Monemvasia ... ' It is online here.
A.J.B. Wace and F.W. Hasluck, 'Laconia: II.-Topography', The Annual of the British School at Athens (14) (1907/1908), pp. 161-182. 'Temple of Artemis Limnatis'. It is online here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander . Η Κοινωνική Αρχαιολογία του Ελληνικού Κόσμου κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου και την Πρώιμη Αρχαϊκή περίοδο (The Aristeia Project: The Social Archeology of the Greek World during the Early Iron Age and the Early Archaic period), 'Limnai', Online here.

2. Laconia II: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 56, pp. 114-175, 1961, 'Monemvasia', pg. 137. Online here.