Site details

Aghia Triada or Aghia Triadha

PK	C937
TITLE	Aghia Triada or Aghia Triadha
WGS84	37.777063° N, 22.809372° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.777063, 22.809372
LON/LAT	22.809372, 37.777063

DMS

37° 46' 37.4268" N

22° 48' 33.7392" E

W3W	dissented, lizard, glaze
UTM	34 S, 659344.4, 4182621.74
EGSA87	394999, 4181460

Elevation m	729
Elevation feet	2391.7
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Wiseman [1978], 121    ' ... where A. Frickenhaus found in 1912 "ein paar Hundert" Mycenaean terracotta figurines.'
2.    Artifacts.   Morgan [1999], 469    'Artifact scatter on the south slopes of the Daphnia ridge, ... ', 'It includes ca. one hundred figurines (mainly Phi and Psi types plus animals and one male figure) ... '
3.    Cult.   Wiseman [1978], 121    'The figurines may have belonged to an open cult site in the vicinity of the later chapel.'
4.    Cult.   Morgan [1999], 469    'It probably represents a cult place.'
5.    Figurine.   Simpson [1981], 36    'About a hundred Mycenaean figurines of Phi and Psi types were found here, and a male figurine.'
6.    Figurine.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 67    'About 100 Phi and Psi Mycenaean figurines were found here, and a male figurine.'
7.    Figurine.   Ålin [1962], 37    'Auf einer kleinen Fläche fand A. Frickenhaus hier 1912 ein paar hundert Figurinen, die meisten von den Phi- und Psi-Typen, ...'

SITE SIZE

- Morgan [1999]  p. 469,  Size: 25 sq. m.  ' ... (covering ca. 5 m²) ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Wiseman [1978]: 121, ' ... Mycenaean terracotta figurines.'

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 35, 'LH IIIA2-B'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 67, 'LH IIIA2-B'
    c.    Morgan [1999]: 469, 'LH IIIA2/B'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 35, 'LH IIIA2-B'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 37, 'Die ersteren sind in der für IIIB typischen Ausführung.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 67, 'LH IIIA2-B'
    d.    Morgan [1999]: 469, 'LH IIIA2/B'

NOTE

1. Morgan [1999] 469 says ' ..., but no pottery.'

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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., 'Ajia Triada', pg. 37.

2. 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, '3 Ag. Triadha', pg. 469.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 64 Ayios Vasilios: Ayia Triadha', pg. 35. 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 68 Ayios Vasilios: Ayia Triadha', pg. 67. Online here.

5. Wiseman [1978]: Wiseman, James. The Land of the Ancient Corinthians. Paul Aströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden, '4, The Cella on Dhaphnias', pg. 120.