Lerna House of Tiles Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace
Early Bronze Age (3200-2000 BCE)·Early Helladic·🇬🇷 Peloponnese, Argolis, Greece
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About Lerna House of Tiles Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace
Lerna House of Tiles Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace in Peloponnese, Argolis, Greece is a Early Bronze Age (3200-2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Early Helladic. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal chamber 8 × 6 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 37.5370N 22.7210E controls access to Peloponnese, Argolis resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey ancient-village for Peloponnese, Argolis, illustrating Early Helladic construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Nature of burial rites and population
- 02Landscape function
Theories
- 01Ancestral burial reuse over centuries
- 02Astronomical alignment hypothesis
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. 2500 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age (3200-2000 BCE)
- Culture
- Early Helladic
- Purpose
- Settlement with domestic structures and ancillary ritual space
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 2500 BCE
Initial construction of Lerna House of Tiles Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace main structure
c. 1168 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Lerna House of Tiles Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace
1974–2018
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Lerna House of Tiles Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
37.5370° N · 22.7210° E · -10 m · 3 mapped features
Lerna House of Tiles Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace — Main Ancient-Village Feature
plazaPrimary plaza at Lerna House of Tiles Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
37.5373° N · 22.7199° ELerna House of Tiles Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace — Secondary Enclosure
reservoirAncillary reservoir at Lerna House of Tiles Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits
37.5354° N · 22.7220° ELerna House of Tiles Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace — Outlier Rock Art Panel
moundOutlier mound panel linked to Lerna House of Tiles Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace ceremonial landscape
37.5370° N · 22.7228° E