Site details

Corinth: Old Station

PK	C907
TITLE	Corinth: Old Station
WGS84	37.936674° N, 22.939849° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	37.936674, 22.939849
LON/LAT	22.939849, 37.936674

DMS

37° 56' 12.0264" N

22° 56' 23.4564" E

W3W	various, widget, notebook
UTM	34 S, 670468, 4200563
EGSA87	406691, 4199031

Elevation m	34
Elevation feet	111.5
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 33    '... and a large tomb on the terrace of the hill immediately south of the railway station...'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 57    'An einem Hügel südlich des Bahnhofes ist ein Kammergrab von Charitonidis ausgegraben worden.'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Vanderpool [1954], 232    'A Mycenaean chamber tomb was discovered by chance in NEW CORINTH. It lies on the first terrace of the hill just south of the railway station.'
4.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 61    'One large tomb was on the terrace of the hill to S of the railway station.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Vanderpool [1954]: 232, 'A Mycenaean chamber tomb ... '

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 33, 'The tomb contained LH IIIA and LH IIIA2/B vases.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 57, 'Dies sind alle in IIIA zu datieren, zwei von den Vasen aber vermutlich spät in der Periode.'

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 33, 'The tomb contained LH IIIA and LH IIIA2/B vases.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 33, 'The tomb contained LH IIIA and LH IIIA2/B vases.'

NOTES

1. Vases from this tomb are illustrated in Vanderpool [1954] Plate 44.

2. A discussion of Mycenaean pottery from this area can be found in Lucy T. Shoe, 'A Box of Antiquities from Corinth'. Hesperia (1) 56-89 and which is online here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Neu-Korinth', pg. 57.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 52 Modern Corinth', pg. 33. Online here.

3. 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 51 Modern Corinth', pg. 61. Online here.

4. Vanderpool [1954]: Vanderpool, Eugene. ‘News Letter from Greece’, American Journal of Archaeology (58:3) pp. 231-241. 1954, 'Peloponnesus', pg. 232. Online here.