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Pit Graves: Corinth Prison

PKC7722
TITLEPit Graves: Corinth Prison
WGS84 37.928004° N, 22.926596° E
Accuracy 300 m.

LAT/LON 37.928004, 22.926596
LON/LAT 22.926596, 37.928004

DMS 37° 55' 40.8144" N,22° 55' 35.7456" E

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UTM34 S, 669323.09, 4199577.17
EGSA87 405515, 4198083

Elevation m37
Elevation feet 121.4
RegionCorinthia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tomb

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 469    ' ... a few Geometric sherds scattered nearby may come from these disturbed tombs. '
2.    Tomb.   Morgan [1999], 469    'Three disturbed (empty) cist tombs were found in the course of rescue excavation ... slightly west of Corinth prison, close to the site of Korakou.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 469, ' ... a few Geometric sherds scattered nearby ... '

NOTE

1.  Morgan (469) simply says "Corinth prison".  If I have chosen the correct prison then the distance to the graves may be rather less than 300 m.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  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, '6 Korakou', pg. 469.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C7722 is at 37.93636° N, 22.91444° E, a straight-line distance of 1 km and 416 m.