Site details

Thera: Mesavouno

PK	C1198
TITLE	Thera: Mesavouno
WGS84	36.363886° N, 25.477323° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.363886, 25.477323
LON/LAT	25.477323, 36.363886

DMS

36° 21' 49.9896" N

25° 28' 38.3628" E

W3W	vibrato, endearing, shop
UTM	35 S, 363393, 4025386
EGSA87	632389, 4025035

Elevation m	358
Elevation feet	1174.5
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Thera

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Cem.   AM[1903], 1
2.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 345    ' ... is more important as the site of cemeteries dating from ... '
3.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 191    'This is reported to be the source of LB I vases, ...'
4.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 345    'This is the reported source of LB I vases, including a pithos ... '
5.    Sherds.   Schallin [1993], 25    ' ... early LBA sherds were identified.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Cycladic I: (1700 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 25, ' ..., on the south slope of which early LBA sherds were identified.'

2. Late Cycladic II: (1625 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 25, ' ..., on the south slope of which early LBA sherds were identified.'

3. Late Bronze I: (1570 BC - 1400 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 191, 'LB I G A C H'

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 191, 'LB I G A C H'
    b.    AM[1903]: 1,

5. Middle Geometric: (850 BC - 760 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 345, ' ... dating from the MG II onwards ... '

6. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 191, 'LB I G A C H'

NOTE

1. Schallin [1993] 8, table 1, defines 'early LBA' to include LCI and II.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AM[1903]: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung, Germany. 1903., '', pg. 1.

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, '57. Mesavouno (Selladha, Ancient Thera)', pg. 25.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Thera: Mesavouno', pg. 191. 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., 'Mesavouno * (Selladha, Ancient Thera)', pg. 344. Online here.