Tiryns

Tiryns, one of the Mycenaean palatial centers closest to the sea, played a pivotal role as a major Mediterranean harbor during the Bronze Age. Geoarchaeological research by Eberhard Zangger reveals that the site's proximity to the coast has significantly changed over the Holocene due to massive sedimentation from soil erosion, with the shoreline in Mycenaean times positioned approximately halfway between its current location and Tiryns itself. This finding underscores Tiryns' strategic importance in long-distance exchange networks. Restoration works in the late 1950s, led by Nikolaos Verdelis, uncovered underground cisterns in the Lower Citadel, which spurred renewed archaeological interest and expanded excavation efforts to previously neglected areas, including the Lower Town.

Maran, J. (2012). Tiryns. The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean, 722–734. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199873609.013.0054