Log house at Nemea
The so-called block house near Nemea ( Greek Οχυρωματικός Πύργος ) is located 2 km northwest of the place Fichti in the Argolis in Greece. The log cabin was named after the ancient site of Nemea, about 7 km to the north . This structure is probably a military outpost or an agricultural building from the classical period .
description
The building is located in a valley 1.2 km west of the road from Fichti to Dervenakia Pass. From here you have a good view of Mycenae to the east , but not to the north and south. The interior has a size of 9 m by 9.20 m, the external dimensions are about 12 m by 12 m. The outer walls are 1.30 m thick. The masonry rests on a stone foundation of one or two layers of stone blocks. The outer walls are about 3 m high made of about five layers of polygonal masonry . The conclusion is a layer of 0.35 m thick stone slabs.
The entrance is in the very south of the western wall. Defenders from the walls could easily attack the attacker's left side, which is not protected by the shield. The door was about a meter wide, opened inward and was locked with a crossbar. The door lintel has a groove on the left and right at the top, which could be used to accommodate panels that formed a relief triangle. The prerequisite for this, however, would be that there was an upper floor, but there is no trace of it. Presumably there was a roof made of wooden beams and boards and possibly a parapet made of adobe bricks.
After entering the building one came into a 4.40 m long and 1.40 m wide corridor. It ended at a wall that ran from north to south and divided the interior of the building into two roughly equal areas. At the end of the corridor a door about 1 m wide led through the north wall, which also opened inwards. Through it you got into a room measuring 4.05 m by 3.48 m. In the north of this room there was a slightly larger room measuring 4.05 m by 3.90 m. A door in the east wall of the first room led to the south-eastern room. There was a fourth room north of this room. The ground consisted of tamped clay throughout the building. In the east wall there was a drainage channel about the level of the floor, which had a drainage channel on the outside that protruded 0.35 m. In the north there was a similar canal, the channel of which protruded 0.46 m. However, this was 0.5 m above ground level. It is believed that this second channel carried water from the spring, which rises about 100 m north of the structure, into the interior. However, traces of a water pipe have not yet been detected.
In terms of construction and material, the building can be traced back to the 4th century BC To date. The ceramics from the classical period, which have only been sparsely found, support this dating. No later changes could be found. A millstone measuring 1.89 m was found nearby. The size and the division into four rooms are similar to the pyramid of Ligourio and the pyramid of Hellinikon .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Louis E. Lord: The Pyramids of Argolis . In: Hesperia . tape 7 , no. 4 , 1938, pp. 481–527 ( edu.gr [PDF; accessed August 9, 2018]).
- ^ Robert L. Scranton: The Pottery from the Pyramids . In: Hesperia . tape 7 , no. 4 , 1938, pp. 528-538 ( edu.gr [PDF; accessed August 25, 2018]).
- ↑ Louis E. Lord: Watchtowers and Fortresses in Argolis . In: American Journal of Archeology . tape 43 , no. 1 , 1939, p. 78-84 .
Coordinates: 37 ° 44 ′ 39.3 " N , 22 ° 43 ′ 14.5" E