Land of Sikyon: Archaeology and History of a Greek City-State

Contents
Illustrations
Tables
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Physical Environment and Resources
	The Landscape
		Mountains
		Rivers
		Coastal Plain
	Political Boundaries
		Eastern Border
		Western Border
		Evidence of Boundary Markers
		Southern Border
		Estimated Size of Sikyonian Territory
		Medieval and Ottoman Periods
	Geology, Climate, and Water Sources
		Geology
		Climate
		Water Sources
	Flora and fauna
		Flora
		Fauna
	Resources of the land and sea
		Agriculture
			Ancient Times
			Post-Antique Period
		Animal Husbandry and Pastoralism
		Fishing
		Quarrying
		Woodcutting and Other Activities
Chapter 2: Sikyonia from Prehistoric Times to the Ottoman Era
	Mycenaean times to the Roman Era
		Mycenaean to Geometric Periods
		Orthagorid Tyranny
		Peloponnesian League
		Macedonian Domination and the Achaian League
		The Macedonian Wars and Roman Domination
	Late Roman Period to the Ottoman Era
Chapter 3: Land Communications
	Roads to Corinth and the East
		Buildings by the Road from Corinth
		Road from the Plateau to the Harbor
	Roads to Phlious and the South
		Road to Titane
	Roads to Stymphalos and the Southwest
	Roads to Pellene and the West
		A Mountain Road to Pellene?
		A Road from Phlious to Pellene
	Summary of the Road Network
		Road Creation and Administration
		Technical Characteristics of Roads
		Dating
Chapter 4: Defenses
	Fortifications of Sikyon
		The Archaic and Classical City
		The Hellenistic and Roman City
		Literary Evidence
		Observations by Early Travelers
		Archaeological Remains
		Proposed Course and Construction Methods
		Medieval and Ottoman Vasiliko
	Fortifications in the Countryside
		Evangelistria of Stimanga (Ancient Thyamia, DS-1)
		Titane (DS-2)
		Kastro of Gonoussa (DS-3)
		Four Towers above the Left Bank of the Asopos
		Kokkinovrachos of Bozika (DS-4)
		Defenses in the Plain of Kaisari
		Central Sikyonia: Elliniko of Megali Valtsa (DS-5) and Splithari of Souli (DS-15)
		Western Sikyonia: The Hill of Pyrgouthi (DS-7)
		The Tower of Limiko near the Village of Kastraki
	Summary of Ancient Fortifications
	Medieval Defenses
Chapter 5: Settlements: The City and Its Countryside
	Presentation of the Evidence
	Sikyon
		Mycenaean Remains and the Archaic/Classical City
		The Hellenistic City
		Streets
		Buildings and Monuments
		Necropolis
		Harbor
		The Late Roman City
		The Medieval and Ottoman City
	Settlements in the Countryside
		Prehistoric Period (7th Millennium to 900 B.C.)
			The Survey Data
			Literary Evidence
				Orneai
				Gonoussa
		Prehistoric Settlement Patterns
		Geometric Period
		Archaic Period
		Classical Period
		Large Sites
		Medium Sites
		Small Sites
		Very Small Sites and Sites of Indeterminate Size
		Possible Functions of the Oikoi
		Literary Evidence
			Phoibia/Bouphia
			Ephyra
			Plataiai
			Donoussa
			Koroneia
		Population in Classical Sikyonia
		Hellenistic Period
		Early–Middle Roman Period
		Late Roman Period
		Medieval Period
		Post-Medieval Period
	Demographic Trends in Sikyonia
	Conclusion
Chapter 6: Sacra Sicyonia
	Urban Sanctuaries
		Acropolis
		Between the Theater and the Agora
		Agora
		Elsewhere on the Plateau
	Suburban Sanctuaries
	Extraurban Sanctuaries
		Sanctuary of Demeter Prostasia and Kore
		Temple of the Eumenides
		Titane (HS-67)
		Agios Ioannis of Stimanga (SP-25)
		Cave of Lechova (SP-6)
		Sykia
		The Cult of the Proitidai
		Other Scattered Finds
		Thekriza of Kryoneri (HS-54)
		Agios Dimitrios of Gonoussa (HS-60)
	The Sacred Landscape
	The Route of Pausanias
Conclusion
Appendices
	Appendix I: Register of Sites
		Habitation Sites (HS 1-148)
		Special-Purpose Sites (SP 1-31)
		Road Sites (RS 1-24)
		Defensive Sites (DS 1-18)
		Alleged Sites (AS 1-12)
	Appendix II: Roof Tiles
		Pre-Roman Tiles
			Lakonian
			Corinthian
		Roman Tiles
		Late Roman Tiles
		Medieval Tiles
		Ottoman Tiles
		Early Modern Tiles
	Appendix III: Aqueducts of Sikyon
		The Southwestern Aqueduct
		The Western Aqueduct
	Appendix IV: Public Land: An Epigraphical Testimony
	Appendix V: Excavations at the Cave of Lechova: A Preliminary Report
	Appendix VI: An Inscribed Sherd from the Cave of Lechova
	Appendix VII: A Building Inscription from Agios Nikolaos of Vasiliko
References
Indexes
	Index of Ancient Sources
		Literature
		Greek and Latin Inscriptions
	General Index
Maps
	Map 1: Place-Names
	Map 2: Geology
	Map 3: Vegetation
	Map 4: Archaeological Sites
	Map 5: The Acropolis and the Plain of Sikyon
	Map 6: The Plateau of Ancient Sikyon