Earthwork Enclosure Europe 82 — Greece Region 10
Period Neolithic·Regional culture Europe-Temple·🇬🇷 Greece Region 10, Greece
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About Earthwork Enclosure Europe 82 — Greece Region 10
Earthwork Enclosure Europe 82 — Greece Region 10 in Greece Region 10, Greece is a Neolithic temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Europe-Temple temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
- 02Trade network extent
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
- 02Ceremonial centre
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 500 BCE
- Period
- Period Neolithic
- Culture
- Regional culture Europe-Temple
- Purpose
- temple-complex ritual/settlement purpose for Europe-Temple
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1903
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 400 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Earthwork Enclosure Europe 82 — Greece Region 10
c. 500 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Earthwork Enclosure Europe 82 — Greece Region 10
1920 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Earthwork Enclosure Europe 82 — Greece Region 10
On the ground
Structures & features
55.8714° N · 117.5678° E · 1410 m · 3 mapped features
Earthwork Enclosure Europe 82 — Greece Region 10 — Principal Temple
templetemple at Earthwork Enclosure Europe 82 — Greece Region 10 — primary structure
55.8722° N · 117.5667° EEarthwork Enclosure Europe 82 — Greece Region 10 — Northern Altar
altaraltar at Earthwork Enclosure Europe 82 — Greece Region 10 — hydraulic feature
55.8702° N · 117.5692° EEarthwork Enclosure Europe 82 — Greece Region 10 — Shrine Annex 3
shrineshrine at Earthwork Enclosure Europe 82 — Greece Region 10 — outlier feature
55.8732° N · 117.5695° E