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Lygaridia

PK	C1200
TITLE	Lygaridia
WGS84	37.059653° N, 25.583145° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	37.059653, 25.583145
LON/LAT	25.583145, 37.059653

DMS

37° 3' 34.7508" N

25° 34' 59.322" E

W3W	multiple, swan, clinker
UTM	35 S, 374028.82, 4102428.67
EGSA87	640609, 4102374

Elevation m	5
Elevation feet	16.4
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Naxos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 333    'At least 5 EB graves have been excavated here, c. 2 km. SSW of Moutsounas, and others robbed. A small built tomb ... '
2.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 188    'At least five EB graves were excavated at Lygaridia, ...'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Schallin [1993], 20    ' ... an associated chamber tomb (Lygaridia) ... '
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Barber [1981], 18    ' ... with a Mycenaean chamber tomb nearby.'
5.    Cist Tomb.   Renfrew [2011], 11439    'Cemetery of Early Cycladic cist graves excavated by Stephanos ... '
6.    Tomb.   Vlachopoulos and Georgiadis [2011], 345    'A vaulted rectangular built tomb was excavated ... at Lygaridia, ... '
7.    Tomb.   AD[1965], 506

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Renfrew [2011]: 11439, 'Cemetery of Early Cycladic cist graves ... '

2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 188, 'At least five EB graves were excavated at Lygaridia, ... '

3. Late Cycladic III: (1420 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 20, 'A late LBA ... chamber tomb ... ' Schallin includes the LC III in 'late LBA', p. 8, Table 1.

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AD[1965]: 506,
    b.    Vlachopoulos and Georgiadis [2011]: 345, ' ..., where a LH IIIC feeding bottle was found.'
    c.    Barber [1981]: 18, 'The sites are dated to LH IIIC but none of the pottery has been published.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 333, 'A small built tomb and settlement are assigned to LH IIIC, but in the absence of published evidence ... '

NOTES

1. Page numbers in Renfrew [2011] are, in actuality, location numbers in the electronic edition, ISBN 978-1-78570-773-5.

2. In the absence of other locational indicators I have adopted the location in Wong [2020] Fig. 1.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1965]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 20, '', pg. 505.

2. Barber [1981]: Barber, R.L.N.. ‘The Late Cycladic Period: A Review’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (76), pp. 1-21, 1981., '28. Karvounolakkoi/Lygaridia', pg. 18. Online here.

3. 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), '34. Lygaridia ... ', pg. 11439. Online here.

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, '35. Karvonoulakkoi and Lygaridia (Steno)', pg. 20.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Naxos: Lygaridia (Steno) and Karvounolakki', pg. 188. 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., 'Lygaridia (Steno)', pg. 333. Online here.

7. Stampolidis and Maner [2011]: Stampolidis, Nicholas Chr. and Çiğdem Maner, Konstantinos Kopanias. NOSTOI; Indigenous Culture, Migration + Integration In The Aegean Islands + Western Anatolia During The Late Bronze + Early Iron Ages. Koç University Press. Istanbul, Turkey 2011., '',

8. Vlachopoulos and Georgiadis [2011]: Vlachopoulos, Andreas and Mercourios Georgiadis. ‘The Cyclades and the Dodecanese during the Post-Palatial Period: Heterogeneous Developments of a Homogeneous Culture’, In Stampolidis and Maner [2011] pp. 337-368, '', pg. 345. Online here.

9. Wong [2020]: Wong, Todd. esri Canada | Centres of Excellence, '', Online here.