Pavlopetri Outer Harbour — Laconia Beyond Walls
Early Bronze Age to Late Antique (3500 BCE–375 CE)·Minoan-Mycenaean maritime·🇬🇷 Laconia, Greece
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About Pavlopetri Outer Harbour — Laconia Beyond Walls
Pavlopetri Outer Harbour — Laconia Beyond Walls in Laconia, Greece is a Early Bronze Age to Late Antique (3500 BCE–375 CE) submerged-city attributed to Minoan-Mycenaean maritime. Submerged harbour town 50–150 m beyond the famous submerged walls 3–4 m depth with storage rooms. Fleming and Henderson 2011 beyond main town walls, storage pithoi at 4 m depth.
Why it mattersKey submerged harbour illustrating Minoan-Mycenaean maritime maritime engineering
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Sea-level change marker
- 02Harbour engineering
Theories
- 01Canopic branch shifting
- 02Mediterranean port typology
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. 3500 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age to Late Antique (3500 BCE–375 CE)
- Culture
- Minoan-Mycenaean maritime
- Purpose
- Submerged harbour town 50–150 m beyond the famous submerged walls 3–4 m depth with storage rooms
- Excavation
- Submerged
c. 3500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1500 CE
Submergence by sea-level rise
c. 1995 CE
Underwater survey
On the ground
Structures & features
36.5170° N · 22.9840° E · -3 m · 3 mapped features
- Pavlopetri Outer Harbour — Laconia Beyond Walls — Breakwater / MolemoleHarbour mole or breakwater structure36.5171° N · 22.9841° E
- Pavlopetri Outer Harbour — Laconia Beyond Walls — Anchorage BasinbasinHarbour basin with mooring stones36.5168° N · 22.9841° E
- Pavlopetri Outer Harbour — Laconia Beyond Walls — Storehouse / QuayquayWarehouses or quay wall36.5174° N · 22.9838° E