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Cenchreae

PKC923
TITLECenchreae
WGS84 37.884518° N, 22.996856° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.884518, 22.996856
LON/LAT 22.996856, 37.884518

DMS 37° 53' 4.2648" N,22° 59' 48.6816" E

W3Wcooled, savviest, improves
UTM34 S, 675602.02, 4194881.68
EGSA87 411638, 4193189

Elevation m6
Elevation feet 19.7
RegionCorinthia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 35    'The prehistoric site seems to have been small, and confined to the hill above the northeast mole of the harbour.'
2.    Settlement.   Blegen [1920], 7    ' ... and it can hardly be doubted that an important prehistoric settlement dominated the harbor of Cenchreae.'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 65    ? 'The prehistoric site seems to have been small, and confined to the hill above the NE mole of the harbour.'
4.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 58    ' ..., während am Hafen Blegen frühhelladische Scherben ... feststellen konnte.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 35    'In 1959 Early and Middle Helladic and a few LH IIIB sherds were noted on the surface, ... '
6.    Sherds.   Wiseman [1978], 52    'R. Hope Simpson noted EH, MH and LH IIIB sherds on the promontory.'
7.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 475    'LH sherds form part of a small scatter ... on a promontory above the northeast harbor mole.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Blegen [1920]: 7, ' ... a few Early Helladic sherds have been found.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 58, ' ... frühhelladische Scherben ... '
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 35, 'In 1959 Early and Middle Helladic and a few LH IIIB sherds were noted on the surface, ... '
    d.    Wiseman [1978]: 52, 'R. Hope Simpson noted EH, MH and LH IIIB sherds on the promontory.'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 35, 'EH II MH LH IIIB C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 64, 'EH II MH LH IIIB ... '

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 35, 'EH II MH LH IIIB C H', 'In 1959 Early and Middle Helladic and a few LH IIIB sherds were noted on the surface, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 64, 'EH II MH LH IIIB ... '
    c.    Wiseman [1978]: 52, 'R. Hope Simpson noted EH, MH and LH IIIB sherds on the promontory.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 35, 'EH II MH LH IIIB C H', 'In 1959 Early and Middle Helladic and a few LH IIIB sherds were noted on the surface, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 64, 'EH II MH LH IIIB ... '
    c.    Morgan [1999]: 475, 'LH IIIB'
    d.    Wiseman [1978]: 52, 'R. Hope Simpson noted EH, MH and LH IIIB sherds on the promontory.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Kenchreai', pg. 58.

2.  Blegen [1920]:  Blegen, Carl W.. ‘Corinth in Prehistoric Times’, American Journal of Archaeology, Second Series, xxiv, 1920, pp. 1-13, '10.', pg. 7. Online here.

3.  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, '24 Kenchreai', pg. 475.

4.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 60 Ancient Cenchreae', pg. 35. Online here.

5.  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 60 Ancient Cenchreai', pg. 64. Online here.

6.  Wiseman [1978]:  Wiseman, James. The Land of the Ancient Corinthians. Paul Aströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden, 'Roman chamber tombs and other types of burials ... ', pg. 52.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C923 is at 37.88444° N, 22.99736° E, a straight-line distance of 45.6 m.