Earthwork Enclosure Europe 89 — Greece Region 5
Period Iron Age·Regional culture Europe-Temple·🇬🇷 Greece Region 5, Greece
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About Earthwork Enclosure Europe 89 — Greece Region 5
Earthwork Enclosure Europe 89 — Greece Region 5 in Greece Region 5, Greece is a Neolithic temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing. Recorded context — Period: Period Iron Age; Culture: Regional culture Europe-Temple; Field status: partially excavated; Materials: basalt, plaster; Condition: partially preserved.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Europe-Temple temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Trade network extent
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Territorial marker
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. 2800 BCE
- Period
- Period Iron Age
- Culture
- Regional culture Europe-Temple
- Purpose
- temple-complex ritual/settlement purpose for Europe-Temple
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1853
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 800 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Earthwork Enclosure Europe 89 — Greece Region 5
c. 2800 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Earthwork Enclosure Europe 89 — Greece Region 5
On the ground
Structures & features
32.8962° N · 16.4213° E · 934 m · 3 mapped features
- Earthwork Enclosure Europe 89 — Greece Region 5 — Principal Templetempletemple at Earthwork Enclosure Europe 89 — Greece Region 5 — primary structure32.8963° N · 16.4208° E
- Earthwork Enclosure Europe 89 — Greece Region 5 — Northern Altaraltaraltar at Earthwork Enclosure Europe 89 — Greece Region 5 — subsidiary complex32.8954° N · 16.4210° E
- Earthwork Enclosure Europe 89 — Greece Region 5 — Southern Shrineshrineshrine at Earthwork Enclosure Europe 89 — Greece Region 5 — hydraulic feature32.8944° N · 16.4196° E