Site details

Heraklion: Temple of Zeus

PK	C936
TITLE	Heraklion: Temple of Zeus
WGS84	37.808793° N, 22.711177° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.808793, 22.711177
LON/LAT	22.711177, 37.808793

DMS

37° 48' 31.6548" N

22° 42' 40.2372" E

W3W	clockwise, sighing, pearls
UTM	34 S, 650632, 4185980
EGSA87	386400, 4185095

Elevation m	336
Elevation feet	1102.4
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson [1981], 36    'Mycenaean finds are also reported from the area of the Sanctuary of Zeus, over 500 m. to the east ...'
2.    Artifacts.   AR[1997], 27    ' ... an iron spearhead and a bronze mesomphalic phiale were also deliberately set into different parts of this soil, which also produced a remarkable terracotta centaur. All of this material was buried as part of the same activity and all clearly belongs in the A period, ... '
3.    Sherds.   Miller [1976], 178    '...and fragments of a figured vessel of the Geometric period...'
4.    Sherds.   Miller [1975], 168    'Once again these layers were prehistoric and produced material including the head of a terracotta figurine ... and the rim of a Mycenaean bowl ... decorated with a stylized squid ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Prehistoric: (4000 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Miller [1975]: 161, 'Before leaving Section M 12, we should note that once again bits of prehistoric pottery and obsidian blades ... were found ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 36, 'Myc finds are also reported from the area of the Sanctuary of Zeus, ... '
    b.    Miller [1975]: 168, ' ... rim of a Mycenaean bowl ... '
    c.    Miller [1975]: 157, ' ... a series of five layers of compressed red soil which contained a minimum of pottery, but all apparently of Late Helladic date ..., '

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Miller [1976]: 178, ' ... and fragments of a figured vessel of the Geometric period ... '

4. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    AR[1997]: 27, 'All of this material was buried as part of the same activity and all clearly belongs in the A period, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1997]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (44) 1997., 'Nemea', pg. 26. Online here.

2. Miller [1975]: Miller, Stephen G.. ‘Excavations at Nemea 1973-1974’, Hesperia(44:2), 143-172. 1975, '', pg. 168. Online here.

3. Miller [1976]: Miller, Stephen G.. ‘Excavations at Nemea, 1975’, Hesperia. Vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 174-202. 1976., 'The Sanctuary of Zeus', pg. 177. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 65 Heraklion: Tsoungiza', pg. 36. Online here.