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Table 14.2 Timetable of events in the Alphéios basin, Peloponnese, Greece
Time
Site
Olympia
Phenéos karst basin
Górtys
AD
1766-1990
Archaeological digs: 1829,
1975-81, 1936-41 and
later
High lake levels in late
eighteenth century,
1821-34, 1838-1907
Archaeological dig: 1954
AD
1500-1766
Kládheos cuts down; Alphéios
moves north
Loúsios cuts down several metres
AD
1200-1500
Kládheos cuts down
Partial burial of Chapel of
St Andrew
AD
1000-1200
Chapel of St Andrew built on
terrace step
AD
800-1000
Kládheos deposits 3-6 m of
sediment (Medieval fill) on
Altis site
Loúsios cuts down a few metres
AD
600-800
Thermal baths buried
AD
393-600
Cult and Games abandoned;
Zeus temple overthrown;
Christian basilica and other
buildings
776
BC
-
AD
393
Great sanctuary; Olympian
Games held; Temple of
Zeus and other temples
and treasuries built
At least five cycles of lake
filling and emptying
Thermal baths on 'Holocene'
terrace
1000-776
BC
Beginnings of Altis sanctuaries
2000-1000
BC
Bronze Age settlement;
Alphioússa gravel terrace
starts to form; pre-1700
BC
structures buried
Earlier prehistoric
Settlement starts
Accumulation of 'Holocene'
terrace of Loúsios river
Source:
Adapted from Grove and Rackham (2001, 296)
Figure 14.5
Schematic cross-section of the lower Lippe Valley in north-west Germany, showing terraces.
Source:
Adapted from Herget (1998)