Palati
| PK | C1171 |
| TITLE | Palati |
| WGS84 | 37.10992° N, 25.37264° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.10992, 25.37264 |
| LON/LAT | 25.37264, 37.10992 |
| DMS | 37° 6' 35.712" N | , | 25° 22' 21.504" E |
| W3W | thrushes, anthems, reciprocal |
| UTM | 35 S, 355407, 4108305 |
| EGSA87 | 621811, 4107660 |
| Elevation m | 0 |
| Elevation feet | 0 |
| Region | Cyclades |
| Subregion | Naxos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Renfrew [2011], 11375 'Finds by Welter ... were probably of Grotta-Pelos type, like those of Grotta nearby.'2. Settlement. Schallin [1993], 19 'Palati is a small rocky peninsula which is connected to Grotta by a causeway, ... '
3. Settlement. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 325 'The Palati promontory might have served as an acropolis.'
4. Settlement. Vlachopoulos [2008], 522 'Scant finds of LH IIIC Early pottery date the first phase of habitation of this town, which was probably very restricted in area and located mainly on the islet of Palatia.'
5. Settlement. Simpson [1981], 188 ' ...; and the Palati promontory may have served as its acropolis.'
SITE SIZE
- Vlachopoulos [2008] p. 521, Size: 35000 sq. m.
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Grotta-Pelos: (3000 BC - 2600 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 326, ' ... a large GP settlement, ... '
b. Renfrew [2011]: 11375, 'Finds by Welter ... were probably of Grotta-Pelos type, like those of Grotta nearby.'
2. Keros-Syros: (2600 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 328, ' ..., succeeded by an equally important one of the KS phase ... '
3. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Schallin [1993]: 19, ' ..., and LBA remains have been found here too.'
4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson and Hagel [2006]: 115, 'There are signs that the wall was later partially rebuilt (at some time still within the LH IIIC period).'
b. Vlachopoulos [2008]: , 'Scant finds of LH IIIC Early pottery date the first phase of habitation of this town, which was probably very restricted in area and located mainly on the islet of Palatia.'
NOTES
1. A very good bibliography in Simpson [1981], 188, 'Grotta (with Palati, Aplomata, Kamini)' and see the useful labelled photograph in Vlachopoulos, op. cit., fig. 43.4.
2. See the detailed map of Mycenaean finds in the Naxos city area on p. 329 in 'Naxos, the largest Cycladic island with a single polis; A survey through ancient times' by Alexandra S. Sfyroera in Cycladic Archaeology and Research; New approaches and discoveries, Erica Angliker and John Tully (edd.), Archaeopress Archaeology, Oxford, 2018. It is online here.
3. Page numbers in Renfrew [2011] are, in actuality, location numbers in the electronic edition, ISBN 978-1-78570-773-5.
4. And see Soterakopoulos [2004] 74, '38. Χώρα - Γρόττα-Παλάτι.' for some additional bibliography.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Brodie et al. (eds.) [2008]: Brodie, Neil with Jenny Doole, Giorgos Gavalas and Colin Renfrew. Ὀριζων. Symbolism, Interactions, Centrality; Recent Work on the Prehistory of the Cyclades. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge, 2008., '',
2. Renfrew [2011]: Renfrew, Colin. The Emergence of Civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millenium BC. Oxbow Books. Second ed., 2011 (First edition 1972), '3. Palati', pg. 11375.
Online here.
3. 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, '33. Grotta', pg. 19.
4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Naxos: Grotta (with Palati, Aplomata, Kamini)', pg. 188.
Online here.
5. 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., 'Grotta (with Palati, Aplomata, Kamini)', pg. 325.
Online here.
6. Vlachopoulos [2008]: Vlachopoulos, A.. ‘A Late Mycenaean Journey from Thera to Naxos: Cyclades in the 12 th century B.C.’, In Brodie et al. (eds.) [2008], 479-491., 'The settlement of Grotta', pg. 521.
Online here.