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The railway age · Ancient Lerna

Americans excavate the blockhouse near Myloi

7 August 1939 – 12 August 1939 Proven

From 7 to 12 August 1939 Louis E. Lord, Alison Frantz and Carl Roebuck of the American School excavated an ancient blockhouse three kilometres beyond the spring of Lerna, beside the road to Tripoli. The finds were given their own inventory prefix, "Myl.".

Where
Myloi (the village)
Who
Louis E. Lord, Alison Frantz
Threads
Ancient Lerna
Certainty
Proven confirmed by primary sources

Pictures

  • Fig. 22 'Blockhouse Near Lerna, N.E. Corner, Showing Entrance': excavated wall corner of the late-antique blockhouse c. 3 km beyond the spring of Lerna, with bare hills and olive trees behind.

    Fig. 22 'Blockhouse Near Lerna, N.E. Corner, Showing Entrance': excavated wall corner of the late-antique blockhouse c. 3 km beyond the spring of Lerna, with bare hills and olive trees behind. Excavation by Alison Frantz and Carl A. Roebuck (ASCSA); photos almost certainly by them

Sources

  • L. E. Lord, "Blockhouses in the Argolid", Hesperia 10 (1941), pp. 93–112
  • ASCSA Archives, Argolid (Mycenae and Myloi Blockhouses) Records, ExcRec 031 Open