Vassa (Argolis)
Coordinates: 37 ° 41 ′ 17 ″ N , 23 ° 6 ′ 34 ″ E
Vassa ( Greek Βασσά ) is an archaeological site in the northeast of the Argolis in Greece . It is located on a hill at 175-185 m altitude about 3 km west of the coast of the Saronic Gulf and 2 km northwest of Nea Epidavros . Vassa could see the Dimena pass.
The site was discovered in the summer of 2003 within the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey (EKAS). Was found early Helladic , Middle Helladic and Late Helladic pottery with FH II was the most numerous. Few ceramic shards came from FH I. Other finds were millstones made of andesite , which were probably imported from Aegina . 15-20 cairns were found on an area of 2-3 hectares . Some cairns are connected to each other by linear cairns and thus form a circular wall that encloses an area of about 1 hectare. The cairns that were integrated into the fortification are probably towers or bastions . A particularly large cairn was found in the middle. Possibly these are the ruins of a central tower. A roof tile from FH II was also found in the vicinity. There was probably a second concentric circular wall. The early Helladic ruins at Vassa are better preserved than those at Vagia .
To the west of Vassa there is a fertile plateau about 6 hectares in size. South of this plateau there are two other similar structures about 150 m southwest and 200 m west of Vassa. They are smaller and only consist of a few stone mounds.
Pottery shard from the Acropolis of Vassa
Obsidian blade from the Acropolis of Vassa
Fertile plain west of Vassa
literature
- Thomas F. Tartaron, Daniel J. Pullen, Jay S. Noller: Rillenkarren at Vayia: geomorphology and a new class of Early Bronze Age fortified settlement in Southern Greece in Antiquity , Part 80, pp. 145–160 ( online )
