{"id":12350,"date":"2023-11-19T11:33:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T09:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cig-icg.gr\/kiapha-thiti\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T11:19:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T08:19:34","slug":"kiapha-thiti","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/kiapha-thiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiapha Thiti"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kiapha Thiti Excavation Project (KTEP) was a collaboration between the 2nd<\/sup> Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities of Eastern Attica and the Canadian Institute. The excavation ran from 1982-1986 and was co-directed by Dietmar K. Hagel (Queen\u2019s University) and Hans Lauter (Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum). The project excavated a site on the significant hilltop of Kiapha Thiti in southeast Attica, at the northern end of the Vari valley.<\/p>\n

While excavations revealed several interrupted phases of occupation from the Chalcolithic period through late antiquity, the main focus of KTEP\u2019s study was a fortified Mycenaean settlement dating to around 1500 BCE. The site\u2019s distinctive construction methods and the careful reinforcement of its defensive walls were of particular interest, offering useful insights into fortification practices in Greece during this period. Other significant finds at Kiapha Thiti include an open-air sanctuary\u00a0of the Nymphs established in the Archaic period, and an early Christian chapel built near the summit of the hill during the late 5th or early 6th century CE. Deposits found within the sanctuary include many female figurines and fragments of pottery each inscribed with an upright alpha in Attic style, testifying to the spread of Greek writing in the early 7th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n

Select Bibliography <\/strong><\/p>\n

Christiansen, J. 2000.\u00a0Kiapha Thiti III.1.\u00a0Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen: The Iron-Age Sanctuary<\/em>.\u00a0Marburger Winckelmann-Programm 1990<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong>Marburg: Selbstverlag der Philipps-Universit\u00e4t.<\/p>\n

Hagel, D. & H. Lauter.\u00a01987.\u00a0Die fr\u00fchmykenische Burg von Kiapha Thiti, Attika. Erster Vorbericht. Marburger Winckelmann-Programm 1990<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong>Marburg: Verlag des Kunstgeschichtlichen Seminars.<\/p>\n

Hagel, D., H. Lauter, M. K\u00fcpper, H. Lauter-Bufe, V. von Droste zu H\u00fclshoff, B. Ulrich\u00a0& A. Sch\u00f6nborn. 1990.\u00a0Kiapha Thiti III.2. Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen (Eisenzeit) Marburger Winckelmann-Programm 1990<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong>Marburg: Selbstverlag der Philipps-Universit\u00e4t.<\/p>\n

Lauter, H. 1995.\u00a0Kiapha Thiti: Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen II.2:1. Die bronzezeitliche Architektur. Marburger Winckelmann-Programm 1990<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0Marburg: Selbstverlag der Philipps-Universit\u00e4t.<\/p>\n

Maran, J. 1992.\u00a0Kiapha Thiti: Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen II.2:2.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Jahrtausend v. Chr.: Keramik und Kleinfunde. Marburger Winckelmann-Programm 1990<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>Marburg: Selbstverlag der Philipps-Universit\u00e4t.<\/p>\n

More on the project can be found here: https:\/\/portal.cig-icg.gr\/node\/986<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":15444,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12350","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cig-icg.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}