Posted on 03/25/2018 11:35:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The results of the survey are particularly encouraging, as they brought to light new facts about the Middle Helladic and Early Mycenaean background of the settlements developed on the northern margin of the lake. In addition, the finding, with stratigraphic data, that the fortified settlements in the hills of Agios Ioannis and Aghia Marina have a phase of fortification, rehousing and abandonment chronologically analogous to the acropolis of Gla, ie around the middle of the 13th century BC, a milestone of the problems of the socio-political hierarchical relations of the Mycenaean northeastern coppaid field, as well as of the Orchomenos-Glas dipole.
Finally, it reinforces the opinion of the investigator that around 1250 BC a gigantic scale building project took place in northern Copais, at the initiative of the Orchomenos palace center. Orchomenos, a continental and predominantly littoral force, which undoubtedly plays an early role in the region, was more focused on Central Greece, investing less in the overseas relations, such as Thebes, but in tending its unique natural resource in favor of the objective of self-sufficiency in cereals and other yields.
In order to achieve these goals, an extensive technical project for the drainage of the northern part of the lake was set up, the Gla Acropolis was set up in a crucial place to allow control of the drainage works of the lake, and a series of facilities were re- such as Agios Ioannis and Agia Marina, on the one hand for oversight of the sinks, the blockage of which could lead to a drainage project failure and, on the other hand, for the possibility of direct access to maritime trade routes.
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Acropolis of Agios Ioannis (photo: Greek Culture Minister)
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Prehistoric Greek Water Works Found [ Mycenaean citadel of Midea ]
PhysOrg / AP | August 25, 2007 | Nicholas Paphitis
Posted on 08/26/2007 12:18:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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I’m heading to Cyprus next summer — need to convince my wife to let me go to the historical sites rathern than accompany her to the beaches!
That should be fun. Some of my neighbors have family in Cyprus, when the youngest one here got married, she and her husband appear (based on FB photos) to have honeymooned in Cyprus and visited the cousins. The beaches look pretty stony, as they often are on salt water bodies for some reason.
Cyprus' archaeological sites go back pretty far, but very often, as in Greec and Italy, the sites have been continuously occupied, so there's a mixture of current with various random things from the past. The up side is, it's difficult to NOT see historical stuff all the time. There are also some large sites that are primarily of Roman date.
......and it’s not finished yet!..........Damn government projects!...................
Try to get to northern Cyprus for two or three days if you can. There are some cool things to see there like Salamis and three huge Crusader castles on mountain tops.
thanks!
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