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Klenia: Plateia

PKC7729
TITLEKlenia: Plateia
WGS84 37.787318° N, 22.863529° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 37.787318, 22.863529
LON/LAT 22.863529, 37.787318

DMS 37° 47' 14.3448" N,22° 51' 48.7044" E

W3Woutcry, bobble, scabbed
UTM34 S, 664091.54, 4183853.35
EGSA87 399782, 4182538

Elevation m371
Elevation feet 1217.2
RegionCorinthia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tomb

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Morgan [1999], 474    ' ..., four bronze pins ..., a bronze fibula ..., two bronze hair spirals wrapped in gold foil ..., two bronze finger rings ..., a bronze needle ..., '
2.    Pottery.   Morgan [1999], 474    ' ... contains nine vessels ... ', ' ... and a fragmentary terracotta lid/stopper.', 'Two fragmentary MG vessels ... '
3.    Tomb.   Wiseman [1978], 93    'And in the village, not far from the plateia, an Early Geometric larnax tomb was found in 1952.'
4.    Tomb.   Morgan [1999], 474    'A grave (Corinth grave 1952-2) on the southeast side of the plateia of the village of Klenia ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Iron Age: (1200 BC - 960 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 474, 'EIA: MG I'

2. Early Geometric: (900 BC - 850 BC)
    a.    Wiseman [1978]: 93, ' ..., an Early Geometric larnax tomb was found in 1952.'

3. Middle Geometric I: (850 BC - 800 BC)
    a.    Morgan [1999]: 474, 'EIA: MG I', 'Two fragmentary MG vessels ... '

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, '20 Klenia', pg. 474.

2.  Wiseman [1978]:  Wiseman, James. The Land of the Ancient Corinthians. Paul Aströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden, '5. Tenea', pg. 92.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C7729 is at 37.84897° N, 23.00426° E, a straight-line distance of 14 km and 151 m.