Site details

Ayios Spiridon

PK	C1193
TITLE	Ayios Spiridon
WGS84	36.700997° N, 24.389094° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	36.700997, 24.389094
LON/LAT	24.389094, 36.700997

DMS

36° 42' 3.5892" N

24° 23' 20.7384" E

W3W	voicing, vintages, vacancies
UTM	35 S, 266762.13, 4064881.07
EGSA87	534607, 4061486

Elevation m	139
Elevation feet	456
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Melos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1325
2.    Artifacts.   Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982], 292
3.    hab.   Bintliff [1977a], 550    'The most suitable explanation is the identification of the site as a Mycenaean peak sanctuary, ...'
4.    Hab.   Cherry [1982], 306    'HAB'
5.    Settlement.   Schallin [1993], 17    'A hilltop settlement site on the west coast of Melos Bay.'
6.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 317    'This is almost certainly the only other site of significance on Melos in LH III.'
7.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 190    'It was, ..., obviously quite an important Mycenaean settlement.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Bintliff [1977a]: 550, ...Mycenaean...

2. Late Cycladic III: (1420 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 17, ' ... shows evidence of occupation in the middle LBA.'

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 190, 'Many Mycenaean sherds have been found ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 317, 'LH IIIA2-B2'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Cherry [1982]: 306, ' ..., pottery is abundant, dominantly LH IIIB ... '

5. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 317, 'LH IIIA2-B2'

6. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 190, 'Many Mycenaean sherds have been found on the flat summit of a prominent acropolis hill on the west side of the bay of Melos.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 317, 'LH IIIA2-B2'

7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Cherry [1982]: 306, ' ... (evidence for LH IIIC is equivocal).'

8. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1325,

NOTES

1. Placed by using the coordinates in Cherry [1982] 306, no. 94.

2. Schallin [1993] 8, table 1, defines 'middle LBA' as encompassing LCIII.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Bintliff [1977a]: Bintliff, John L.. Natural Environment and Human Settlement in Prehistoric Greece; based on original fieldwork, Part ii. BAR Supplementary Series 28(ii). British Archaeological Reports. 122, Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7BP, England., 'Agios Spiridon', pg. 550. Online here.

2. Cherry [1982]: Cherry, John F.. ‘Appendix A: Register of Archaeological Sites on Melos’, In Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982] 291 - 309, '94. Agios Spyridon M879999', pg. 306.

3. Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: Renfrew, Colin and Malcolm Wagstaff (eds.). An Island Polity; The archaeology of exploitation in Melos. Cambridge University Press. 1982., '', pg. 292.

4. 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, '23. Ayios Spiridon (Agios Spiridon)', pg. 17.

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

6. 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 Spiridon', pg. 317. Online here.

7. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1325.