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Styra/Nea Styra/Lefka

PKC1208
TITLEStyra∕Nea Styra∕Lefka
WGS84 38.173468° N, 24.209089° E
Accuracy 200 m.

LAT/LON 38.173468, 24.209089
LON/LAT 24.209089, 38.173468

DMS 38° 10' 24.4848" N,24° 12' 32.7204" E

W3Wplea, antique, brainwashed
UTM35 S, 255521, 4228744
EGSA87 518165, 4224795

Elevation m4
Elevation feet 13.1
RegionEuboea





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 233    'It is likely that the three marble figurines of EC type ... were found here.'
2.    Settlement.   Fachard [2012], 334    ' ...; le site semble avoir été occupé a l'Helladique Ancien et Moyen, ... '
3.    Sherds.   Phialon [2011], 134    'Du matériel céramique ... '
4.    Sherds.   Fachard [2009], 918    Fachard [1009] is quoting Simpson: " ... There is evidence of a substantial Early and Middle Helladic settlement at Nea Styra, but one sherd possibly of the LH IIIC period is not sufficient to establish Mycenaean habitation here".
5.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 233    'The sherds include N, EH II, and MH.'
6.    Sherds.   Sackett et al. [1966], 80    'The sherds from here are of Neolithic, E.H., and M.H. type.' And see n. 131 on p. 80.
7.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 57    '...one sherd possibly of the LH IIIC period ... is not sufficient to establish Mycenaean habitation here.'
8.    Sherds.   Sackett et al. [1966], 104    '...from Styra (88) despite its legendary importance one possible IIIC sherd, ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 233, 'It is likely that the three marble figurines of EC type ... were found here.'

2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 80, 'The sherds from here are of Neolithic, E.H., and M.H. type.'
    b.    Fachard [2012]: 334, ' ...; le site semble avoir été occupé à l'Helladique Ancien et Moyen, ... '

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 233, 'The sherds include N, EH II, and MH.', 'The settlement seems to have been substantial in EH and ... '

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 80, 'The sherds from here are of Neolithic, E.H., and M.H. type.'
    b.    Phialon [2011]: 134, 'Du matériel céramique HM ... '
    c.    Fachard [2012]: 334, ' ...; le site semble avoir été occupé à l'Helladique Ancien et Moyen, ... '
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 233, 'The sherds include N, EH II, and MH.', 'The settlement seems to have been substantial in EH and MH, and remains the only significant prehistoric settlement yet found in the southernmost region of Euboea.'

5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 233, 'One possible LH IIIC sherd ... is not sufficient to establish occupation in LH.'

6. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 57, ' ..., but one sherd, possibly of the LH IIIC period (Euboea 104) is not sufficient to establish Mycenaean habitarion here.'
    b.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 104, 'The last and most southerly region has been our most disappointing one: from Styra (88) despite its legendary importance one possible IIIC sherd, ... '

NOTE

1.  The toponym 'Lefka' can be located on the map in Sackett et al. [1966] 79, Figure 15. It is part of the northern shore of the Bay of Styra. Sackett's Church of the Theotokos is, presumably, the little church at F5548.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Fachard [2012]:  Fachard, Sylvian. La Défense du Territoire; Étude de la Chora Érétrienne et de ses Fortifications, École suisse d'archéologie en Grèce. InFolio Editions, CH-Gollion. 2012, '166. Néa Styra', pg. 334. Online here.

2.  Fachard [2009]:  Fachard, Sylvian. ‘A Cyclopean Wall at Loupaka, near Dystos?’, A. Mazarakis Ainian (ed.), Archaiologiko Ergo Thessalias kai Stereas Elladas (2009). 907-923., 2009, '', pg. 918. Online here.

3.  Phialon [2011]:  Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.3.1.17. Du lac de Dystros à Styra', pg. 134.

4.  Sackett et al. [1966]:  Sackett, L.H., and V. Hankey, R.J. Howell, T.W. Jacobsen, M.R. Popham. ‘Prehistoric Euboea: Contributions toward a Survey’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, pp. 33-112, [1966], '88. Styra: Nea Styra (Gkisouri)', pg. 78. Online here.

5.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Apendix to MAP B: Southern Euboea', pg. 57. 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., 'F 98 Styra: Nea Styra', pg. 233. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1208 is at 38.17347° N, 24.20762° E, a straight-line distance of 128.2 m.