Amorgos: Aigiale: Vigli
| PK | C1180 |
| TITLE | Amorgos: Aigiale: Vigli |
| WGS84 | 36.919354° N, 25.980319° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 36.919354, 25.980319 |
| LON/LAT | 25.980319, 36.919354 |
| DMS | 36° 55' 9.6744" N | , | 25° 58' 49.1484" E |
| W3W | homing, efficiently, frontal |
| UTM | 35 S, 409175.72, 4086411.61 |
| EGSA87 | 676249, 4087469 |
| Elevation m | 197 |
| Elevation feet | 646.3 |
| Region | Cyclades |
| Subregion | Amorgos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts
TYPE
1. Acropolis. Scholes [1956], 11 'This site, consisting of a small acropolis in the north-west corner of the island, ... '2. Acropolis. Barber [1978], 33 'This unexcavated settlement is an akropolis, ... '
3. Artifacts. Simpson [1981], 189 'Some material of the Middle Bronze Age and some apparently of the Late Bronze Age has been found ...'
4. Settlement. Schallin [1993], 12 'The site may probably represent a settlement ... '
5. Settlement. Barber [1978], 33 'This unexcavated settlement is an akropolis, ... ', 'The extent of prehistoric occupation is uncertain ... '
6. Sherds. Leekley and Noyes [1975], 40 ' ..., but the sherds testify to occupation from prehistoric times to Late Classical ... '
7. Wall. Leekley and Noyes [1975], 40 'There are walls of Archaic or Classical date, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Prehistoric: (4000 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Leekley and Noyes [1975]: 40, ' ..., but the sherds testify to occupation from prehistoric times to Late Classical ... '
b. Scholes [1956]: 11, 'The sherds which I saw testify to a period of occupation from the prehistoric to late classical periods, ... '
c. Barber [1978]: 33, ' ... extent of prehistoric occupation ... '
2. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Leekley and Noyes [1975]: 40, ' ..., but the sherds testify to occupation from prehistoric times to Late Classical ... '
b. Scholes [1956]: 11, 'The sherds which I saw testify to a period of occupation from the prehistoric to late classical periods, ... '
3. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
a. Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, 'ΠK (II). ... '
4. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 189, '...MB LB/LH? A C'
5. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Scholes [1956]: 11, ' ..., and included some fragments of Middle Cycladic pithoi.'
b. Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, ' ... MK; ... '
6. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 189, '...MB LB/LH? A C'
b. Schallin [1993]: , ' ... and the "Mycenaean" sherds, seen here by Duemmler in the late 19th century, make it a probably LBA site.'
c. Scholes [1956]: 11, 'Dümmler saw sherds here which he termed 'Mycenaean'.'
7. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 189, '...MB LB/LH? A C'
b. Barber [1978]: 33, ' ... it (settlement, rhc) apparently included the later BA.'
c. Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, ' ... YEX;'
NOTE
1. There is a good short account of the archaeological exploration of this island in Leekley and Noyes [1975] 39-40.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Barber [1978]: Barber, R.L.N.. The Cyclades in the Middle and Late Bronze Age (Vol. 1). A Thesis Submitted for the Degree of PhD at the University of St Andrews, '1. Aegiale (Vigli)', pg. 33.
Online here.
2. Leekley and Noyes [1975]: Leekley, Dorothy and Robert Noyes. Archaeological Excavations in the Greek Islands. Noyes Press, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1975, 'Amorgos', pg. 39.
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, '1. Aigiale (Vigli)', pg. 12.
4. Scholes [1956]: Scholes, Kathryn. ‘The Cyclades in the Later Bronze Age: A Synopsis’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 51 (1956), pp. 9-40, 'Aigiale, modern Vigli', pg. 11.
Online here.
5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Amorgos: Aigiale: Vigli', pg. 189.
Online here.
6. Soterakopoulos [2004]: Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '1. Βίγλα (Αἰγιάλη)', pg. 72.
Online here.