SARONIC HARBOURS ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECT

SARONIC HARBOURS ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECT
INFORMATIONS GÉNÉRALES
Numéro de
notice
1887
Année de
l'opération
2010
Pays
Nature de
Étude
l'opération
American School of Classical
Studies at Athens
Institution(s)
Fiche(s)
associée(s)
CARTOGRAPHIE
Grèce
Région
Attique
Préfecture
Attique
Toponyme
Saronikos Kolpos, Saronic
Nom du site
2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010
SARONIC HARBOURS
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH
PROJECT
Secteur
NOTICE
Saronic Harbors Archaeological Research Project (SHARP). D. Pullen (ASCSA/Florida)
and T. Tartaron (ASCSA/Pennsylvania) report on the 2010 study season.
Architectural documentation was completed at Kalamianos (Fig. 1) and Stiri (Fig. 2), along with
analysis of Mycenaean terrace walls in the survey area. Architectural features beyond these
sites were revisited (Fig. 3) to clarify their morphology, chronology, function, and relationship to
the wider landscape. Certain small, elliptical stone features were dated to the Early Bronze Age,
a period now characterized by three main types of architecture in the survey area: settlement
structures, elliptical stone enclosures, and stone cairns. For the Mycenaean period, settlement
structures, large walled enclosures, and terrace walls are recognised.
Some 3,040 items (2250 sherds, 730 stones, 60 shell and other materials) from the 2007-2009
field seasons have now been fully documented: 13,600 items were documented in the field.
Study of the spatial distribution of calcium carbonate concretions on over a hundred sherds
from buildings at Kalamianos and Stiri will aid in the determination of the buildings’ life
histories, exposed to the elements. Much of the shell collected during the survey comes from
the rubble cores of Mycenaean walls; along with sherds and ground stone, it was included in the
gravel used to fill the interior of the walls. The limited number of species represented were
mostly collected dead. Raw nodules of Melian obsidian were imported to Kalamianos,
processed on site near the shore, and subsequently distributed to interior locations mainly as
flakes and blades.
L. Tzortzopoulou-Gregory continued research in oral history by interviewing residents of
Korphos and Sophiko. A focus this year has been maritime life in Korphos and the relationship
between the Korphiotes and those dwelling on the islands and shores of the Saronic Gulf.
Pierre - Habitat - Territoire
Mots-clés
Âge du bronze - Bronze ancien - Bronze récent
Chronologie
BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Référence
bibliographique
Auteur de la
notice
Unpublished field report, American School of Classical Studies at Athens
MORGAN Catherine
IMAGES
Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3