MOUNT LYKAION Sanctuary of Zeus - 2010
Informations Générales
Numéro de la notice
1879
Année de l'opération
2010
Chronologie
Néolithique - Néolithique Récent
Âge du Bronze - Bronze Ancien - Bronze Moyen - Bronze Récent
Mots-clés
Sanctuaire - Installation hydraulique - Établissement sportif - Métal - Monnaie - Figurine - Stoa - Fontaine - Bains
Nature de l'opération
Institution(s)
Localisation
Toponyme
Lykaion, Derbouni
Lykaion, Derbouni
Notices et opérations liées
Description
Mt. Lykaion, Sanctuary of Zeus. M. Petropoulos (Director, ΛΘ’ ΕΠΚΑ), D. Romano (Pennsylvania), and M. Voyatzis (Arizona) report on the 2010 season.
Work continued to document all architectural remains, notably the 67m long stoa and the 39m long series of seats to the north of it, the nearby fountain house, the ‘corridor’ in front of the ‘xenon’, and the bath (Fig. 1). A team from the ΛΘ’ ΕΠΚΑ cleared a portion of the ancient Agno fountain, halfway between the lower and upper levels of the sanctuary.
Stratigraphic sequences continue to reveal evidence for the earliest activity at the altar (Fig. 2). This includes Late Neolithic and Early, Middle and Late Helladic pottery, most of it mixed with burnt animal bones. Mycenaean material includes large numbers of kylikes, deep bowls, stemmed bowls, cups, askoi, terracotta human and animal figurines and other small finds. Above this level lay Sub-Mycenaean and Dark Age material, and above that, Geometric, Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic sherds in an apparently continuous sequence. Bronze tripods, coins, metal objects and miniature dedications were discovered. Finally, 50 m below the altar, to the south of the southern summit, a roadway or dromos was investigated.
In the lower sanctuary (Fig. 3), more of the sub-surface open air corridor was exposed northeast of the ‘xenon’, plus more of the front and interior foundations and the western end of the stoa (Figs 4-6). Excavation was also pursued in the vicinity of the statue bases, in the fountain house, and in the area of the hippodrome where part of the surface of the hippodrome floor was found (Fig. 7).
A proposal for a Parrhasian Heritage Park of the Peloponnesos is under discussion.
Auteur de la notice
Catherine MORGAN
Références bibliographiques
Unpublished field report, American School of Classical Studies at Athens. The project website is http://lykaionexcavation.org The park website is http://parrhasianheritagepark.org
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Date de création
2011-02-28 00:00:00
Dernière modification
2023-10-06 13:49:50
Figure(s)
Fig. 1/ Mt Lykaion: plan of stoa area.
Fig. 2/ Mt Lykaion: plan of upper site.
Fig. 3/ Mt Lykaion: plan of lower site.
Fig. 4/ Mt Lykaion: stoa in trench DD.
Fig. 5/ Mt Lykaion: stoa in trench EE.
Fig. 6/ Mt Lykaion: stoa in trench M.
Fig. 7/ Mt Lykaion: hippodrome floor in trench HH.