Site details

Ayios Ilias

PK	C1189
TITLE	Ayios Ilias
WGS84	36.738753° N, 24.419767° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	36.738753, 24.419767
LON/LAT	24.419767, 36.738753

DMS

36° 44' 19.5108" N

24° 25' 11.1612" E

W3W	fails, fiercer, pledges
UTM	35 S, 269616, 4068996
EGSA87	537328, 4065686

Elevation m	113
Elevation feet	370.7
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Melos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Acropolis.   Soterakopoulos [2004], 73    ' ... ακρόπολη ... '
2.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 190    'Reported traces of MB and LB occupation on the acropolis of ancient Melos ...'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 317    ' ...; reported traces of MB-LB occupation have not been confirmed in more recent surveys.'
4.    Settlement.   Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982], 293    'HAB, CEM. Town site, permanently occupied from eight century BC to fifth and sixth century AD, during which time it was the largest and most important settlement on the island.'
5.    Sherds.   Schallin [1993], 17    'Middle Cycladic and Mycenaean sherds were observed by Mackenzie ... '

SITE SIZE

- Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]  p. 293,  Size: 150000 sq. m.  'c. 15.0 ha; ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 190, 'MB LB G A C H'
    b.    Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: 293, '(MB?); (LB?); G; A; C; H; ER; LR'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 317, ' ...; reported traces of MB-LB occupation have not been confirmed in more recent surveys.'

2. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 17, 'Middle Cycladic and Mycenaean sherds ... '
    b.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, 'MK; ... '

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 17, 'Middle Cycladic and Mycenaean sherds ... '

4. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 190, 'MB LB G A C H'
    b.    Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: 293, '(MB?); (LB?); G; A; C; H; ER; LR'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 317, ' ...; reported traces of MB-LB occupation have not been confirmed in more recent surveys.'
    d.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, ' ... YEX;'

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: 293, '(MB?); (LB?); G; A; C; H; ER; LR'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 317, ' ... G A C ... '

6. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: 293, '(MB?); (LB?); G; A; C; H; ER; LR'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 317, ' ... G A C ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: Renfrew, Colin and Malcolm Wagstaff (eds.). An Island Polity; The archaeology of exploitation in Melos. Cambridge University Press. 1982., '5. Prophitis Ilias (Ancient Melos)', pg. 293.

2. 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, '22. Ayios Elias (Ayios Ilias, Prophitis Ilias, Ancient Melos)', pg. 17.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Melos: Ayios Ilias', pg. 190. Online here.

4. 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., 'Ayios Ilias', pg. 317. Online here.

5. Soterakopoulos [2004]: Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '19. "Άγιος Ήλίας (αρχαία Μήλος);', pg. 73. Online here.