CIRCE

Rural sanctuary

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State:

Place : Otzias

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Ancient location :

: Kea isl.

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Other toponyme (explanation):

GENERAL

Otzia Cape is a conical hill (h: 80 m) between Ay. Eirine and Kephala. At the top of this hill the remains of a possible temple were uncovered.

MONUMENTS

Remains of an archaic temple have been discovered: architectural blocs of marble, terracotta tiles and a fragment of a Corinthian antefix.

MOVABLE FINDS: VOTIVE OFFERINGS & CULT EQUIPMENT

Sherds

CHRONOLOGY

The temple dates to the Archaic Period. Some sherds belong to the Geometric Period.

IDENTIFICATION

The identity of the divinity worshipped here is unknown.

RECORDS

Excavation Date: 1979-1982

Institution/Excavator: Georgiou H.- Faraklas N.

Excavation type: Survey

REFERENCES

Primary Publication:

Georgiou, H.- N. Faraklas, 1985. Ancient Habitation Patterns of Keos: Locations and Nature of Sites on the Northern Part of the island, Ariadne,3: 233-234 (15,07)

Secondary Publications:

Gounaris, A. 2005. Cult places in the Cyclades during the Protogeometric and Geometric periods : their contribution in interpreting the rise of the Cycladic poleis, M. Yeroulanou - M. Stamatopoulou (eds), Architecture and Archaeology in the Cyclades. Papers in honour of J. J. Coulton, Oxford, 61

Mermoz, J. 2010. La vie religieuse des Cyclades de l'HR IIIC a la fin de la periode archaique, Lyon, PhD Thesis, 294

GENERAL 
Otzia Cape is a conical hill (h: 80 m) between Ay. Eirine and Kephala. At the top of this hill the remains of a possible temple were uncovered.
 
MONUMENTS
Remains of an archaic temple have been discovered: architectural blocs of marble, terracotta tiles and a fragment of a Corinthian antefix.
 
MOVABLE FINDS: VOTIVE OFFERINGS & CULT EQUIPMENT
Sherds
 
CHRONOLOGY
The temple dates to the Archaic Period. Some sherds belong to the Geometric Period.
 
IDENTIFICATION
The identity of the divinity worshipped here is unknown.
 
RECORDS
Excavation Date: 1979-1982
Institution/Excavator: Georgiou H.- Faraklas N.
Excavation type: Survey
 
REFERENCES
Primary Publication:
Georgiou, H.- N. Faraklas, 1985. Ancient Habitation Patterns of Keos: Locations and Nature of Sites on the Northern Part of the island, Ariadne,3: 233-234 (15,07)
Secondary Publications:
Gounaris, A. 2005. Cult places in the Cyclades during the Protogeometric and Geometric periods : their contribution in interpreting the rise of the Cycladic poleis, M. Yeroulanou - M. Stamatopoulou (eds), Architecture and Archaeology in the Cyclades. Papers in honour of J. J. Coulton, Oxford, 61
Mermoz, J. 2010. La vie religieuse des Cyclades de l'HR IIIC a la fin de la periode archaique, Lyon, PhD Thesis, 294

Rural sanctuary

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