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Andros: Palaioupolis

PK	C1159
TITLE	Andros: Palaioupolis
WGS84	37.815759° N, 24.826503° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	37.815759, 24.826503
LON/LAT	24.826503, 37.815759

DMS

37° 48' 56.7324" N

24° 49' 35.4108" E

W3W	statins, twitches, manipulate
UTM	35 S, 308684.84, 4187598.89
EGSA87	572598, 4185407

Elevation m	16
Elevation feet	52.5
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Andros

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   BSA [1956], 31
2.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 307    'Three vases in the Andros museum are given this provenance; they presumably come from a tomb.'
3.    Pottery.   Simpson [1981], 185    'Three Mycenaean vases in the Andros museum are given this provenance. They presumably come from a tomb.'
4.    Pottery.   Koutsoukou [1992:2], 460    'An Early Cycladic frying pan said to come from Palaiopolis is now in the Museum of the British School at Athens; ... ', 'Two small Mycenean vases are now in the Andros Museum and are said to come from Palaiopolis: ... '
5.    Pottery.   Schallin [1993], 13    'Two middle LBA vases in the Andros Museum probably came from a tomb in the vicinity.'
6.    Pottery.   Barber [1981], 17    'Other LHIIIA - B vases in ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 13, 'Two middle LBA vases in the Andros Museum ... '

2. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 13, 'Two middle LBA vases in the Andros Museum ... '

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    BSA [1956]: 31,
    b.    Barber [1981]: 17, 'Other LHIIIA - B vases in the Andros Collection are said to be from here.'
    c.    Koutsoukou [1992:2]: 461, ' : ... a tankard of a common LH IIIA and B type, ... '

4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 185, 'LH III(A2-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 307, 'LHIII(A2-B)'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 185, 'LH III(A2-B)'
    b.    BSA [1956]: 31,
    c.    Barber [1981]: 17, 'Other LHIIIA - B vases in the Andros Collection are said to be from here.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 307, 'LHIII(A2-B)'
    e.    Koutsoukou [1992:2]: 461, ' : ... a tankard of a common LH IIIA and B type, ... ', ' ... and a stirrup jar of the squat biconical type of the LHIIIB period ... '

NOTES

1.  This entry speculates that vases found in the Archaeological Museum in Andros are from this area. As a result no precise placement is possible and what is marked is the agora of the old town

2.  For background on this region of Andros see the entry 'Palaiopolis' in Lauffer [1999] 503.

3.  Schallin [1993] 8, table 1, defines 'LBA' as encompassing LH and LM.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BSA [1956]: Annual of the British School at Athens, Athens, Greece. (51) 1956., '', pg. 31. Online here.

2. Barber [1981]: Barber, R.L.N.. ‘The Late Cycladic Period: A Review’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (76), pp. 1-21, 1981., 'Palaioupolis (Andros South 325215)', pg. 17. Online here.

3. Koutsoukou [1992:2]: Koutsoukou, Anthi. An Archaeological Survey in North-West Andros, Cyclades (Part II). PhD Dissertation prepared for University of Edinburgh, '3. Palaiopolis', pg. 460. Online here.

4. Lauffer ed. [1999]: Lauffer, Siegfried (ed.). Griechenland; Lexikon des historischen Stätten; Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg, 1999., 'Palaiopolis, Παλαιοπόλις (Kykladen) - VIII', pg. 503.

5. Schallin [1993]: Schallin, Ann-Louise. Islands under Influence: The Cyclades in the Late Bronze Age and the Nature of Mycenaean Presence.. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, no. 111. Jonsered 1993, '6. Palaioupolis (Palaeopolis)', pg. 13.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Andros: Palaioupolis', pg. 185. Online here.

7. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'Palaioupolis', pg. 307. Online here.