Site details

Athikia Town: Grave

PK	C7750
TITLE	Athikia Town: Grave
WGS84	37.816939° N, 22.925344° E
Accuracy	500 m.

LAT/LON	37.816939, 22.925344
LON/LAT	22.925344, 37.816939

DMS

37° 49' 0.9804" N

22° 55' 31.2384" E

W3W	chive, notices, sliver
UTM	34 S, 669467.39, 4187250.54
EGSA87	405263, 4185761

Elevation m	248
Elevation feet	813.6
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Morgan [1999], 474    ' ..., contains four vessels (CP 1892-1895).'
2.    Pottery.   Wiseman [1978], 90    ' ..., include 9 oinochoai and a skyphos of the late 9th century B.C.'
3.    Tomb.   Morgan [1999], 474    'Grave 1934-13 ... '
4.    Tomb.   Wiseman [1978], 90    ' ..., probably from a grave excavated by local inhabitants in 1934, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

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

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Wiseman [1978]: 90, ' ... and a skyphos of the late 9th century B.C.'

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

NOTE

1. This is the grave group described by Weinberg in Isthmia vii, nos. 69-72. The literature does not specify the find location. I have placed it in the town of Athikia but this is merely a placeholder.

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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, '17 Athikia; 2) Grave 1934-13 (Athikia group II)', pg. 475.

2. Wiseman [1978]: Wiseman, James. The Land of the Ancient Corinthians. Paul Aströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden, '4. The Region of Athíkia', pg. 90.