Site details

Nemea: Ayia Irini

PK	C934
TITLE	Nemea: Ayia Irini
WGS84	37.825488° N, 22.636539° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.825488, 22.636539
LON/LAT	22.636539, 37.825488

DMS

37° 49' 31.7568" N

22° 38' 11.5404" E

W3W	squishy, oils, woodworking
UTM	34 S, 644028, 4187714
EGSA87	379856, 4187041

Elevation m	304
Elevation feet	997.4
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 36    'The total area of the Mycenaean settlement does not seem to have been more than about 150 m. north to south by 100 m.'
2.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 68    'The total area of LH settlement seems to have been c. 150 m. by 100 m. (maximum).'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 36    '.. surface sherds found in 1961 were small and worn, but LH IIIA and LH IIIB were represented by fragments from kylikes and deep bowls.'
4.    Sherds.   AR[1961], 31    'Erosion made it impossible to identify more than a few of the sherds as Mycenaean, ...'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 68    ' ..., and the sherds are small and worn, but LH IIIA and LH IIIB were recognized, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 36,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  'The total area of Mycenaean settlement does not seem to have been more than about 150 m. north to south by 100 m.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 68,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  'The total area of LH settlement seems to have been c. 150 m. by 100 m. (maximum).'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AR[1961]: 31, '...a few of the sherds as Mycenaean, ...'

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 36, '...the surface sherds found in 1961 were small and worn, but LH IIIA and LH IIIB were represented by fragments from kylikes and deep bowls.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 68, ' ... the sherds are small and worn, but LH IIIA and LH IIIB were recognized, ... '

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 36, '...the surface sherds found in 1961 were small and worn, but LH IIIA and LH IIIB were represented by fragments from kylikes and deep bowls.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 67, ' ... the sherds are small and worn, but LH IIIA and LH IIIB were recognized, ... '

NOTE

1. AR [1961] 31 suggests '...but the site may plausibly be identified with Homeric Araithyria (Iliad ii 571), in view of Strabo's statements about it (8. 382).'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1961]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (8) 1961., '', pg. 31. At the paragraph starting 'In the Peloponnese about 3 km. north-west of modern Nemea, there is a heavily-eroded rocky hill, ...'
Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 66 Modern Nemea: Ayia Irini', pg. 36. 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 71 Nemea (Modern): Ayia Irini', pg. 67. Online here.