House of the Tiles
| PK | C878 |
| TITLE | House of the Tiles |
| WGS84 | 37.551156° N, 22.718396° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.551156, 22.718396 |
| LON/LAT | 22.718396, 37.551156 |
| DMS | 37° 33' 4.1616" N | , | 22° 43' 6.2256" E |
| W3W | prances, scrapped, functioned |
| UTM | 34 S, 651791, 4157404 |
| EGSA87 | 386644, 4156501 |
| Elevation m | 5 |
| Elevation feet | 16.4 |
| Region | Argolid |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Building
TYPE
1. Building. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 47 ' ...; the final phase of EH II is represented only by the "House of the Tiles", a well-planned building of two storeys that had at least some of the functions of a palace, but was destroyed by fire while still incomplete.'2. Building. Simpson [1981], 25 'It is famous mainly on account of the Early Helladic palace complex, the "House of Tiles".'
3. House. Caskey [1956], 162
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Caskey [1956]: 169, '... to the stage of the Early Helladic settlement immediately preceding the construction of the House of the Tiles.'
2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 25, The House of Tiles was built and then destroyed during this period.
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 47, ' ...; the final phase of EH II is represented only by the "House of the Tiles", ... '
3. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 47, ' ...; but for much of the EH III period the central part of the "House of the Tiles", ..., was not built over.'
4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 47, ' ..., maintaining contact with the Aegean, as it continued to do in MH times.'
5. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 47, ' ...; two shaft graves, emptied of their original contents in LH I, may well have held the burials of important personages, ... '
6. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 46, ' ... LH I-IIIB PG G A ... '
7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 46, ' ... LH I-IIIB PG G A ... '
8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 46, ' ... LH I-IIIB PG G A ... '
9. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 46, ' ... LH I-IIIB PG G A ... '
10. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 46, ' ... LH I-IIIB PG G A ... '
11. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 46, ' ... LH I-IIIB PG G A ... '
NOTE
1. There is an interesting summary of the state of excavations at Lerna as of 1977 in Bintliff [1977] 317-20. See in Caskey [1956], p . 166, fig. 5 a useful diagram of the House of the Tiles and the superposed tumulus
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Bintliff [1977]: Bintliff, John L.. Natural Environment and Human Settlement in Prehistoric Greece; based on original fieldwork, Part i. BAR Supplementary Series 28(i). British Archaeological Reports. 122, Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7BP, England., '', pg. 317.
Online here.
2. Caskey [1956]: Caskey, John L. ‘Excavations at Lerna, 1955’, Hesperia (25:2), pp. 147-173. 1956, 'The House of the Tiles', pg. 162.
Online here.
3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 19 Myloi: Ancient Lerna', pg. 25.
Online here.
4. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'A 13 Myloi: Ancient Lerna', pg. 46.
Online here.