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Asea in Arcadia
Asea is located in the heart of the Peloponnese. The Asea valley was
inhabited, first in the Middle/Upper Paleolithic period (ca. 40.000 B.P) by people
making their living from hunting and fishing. During most of the Neolithic period
and the Bronze Age there were several villages in the valley, of which the most
important one was located on the Asea Paleokastro hill. After a couple of dark
centuries, an urban settlement developed on and around the Paleokastro with the
hill as its akropolis. Just to the north of the akropolis a cultplace was located,
which especially during Classical times attracted visitors from near and afar
in order to make their offerings. This and much more has been learnt through the
Asea Valley Survey undertaken between 1994-1996 and directed by Jeannette Forsen
from Goteborg University. As a direct spinoff from the survey the Late Archaic
temple located on top of the mountain Ayios Elias in Asea was excavated in 1997.
During a four week long campaign Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian scholars found
evidence of a nearly unbroken chain of cult practice from the Late Bronze Age
to Hellenistic times. Sporadic finds of a younger date were also made. The city
walls on and below the Asea Paleokastro were documented in the year 2000. The
preliminary results of this work show that only the spurwalls are of Hellenistic
date, whereas other walls on top of the akropolis are of Classical date.
Jeanette Forsen
This text is cited Jun 2005 from The Swedish Institute at Athens URL below
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