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Avlonari: Antires

PK	C1217
TITLE	Avlonari: Antires
WGS84	38.499764° N, 24.10699° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	38.499764, 24.10699
LON/LAT	24.10699, 38.499764

DMS

38° 29' 59.1504" N

24° 6' 25.164" E

W3W	activating, envision, craze
UTM	35 S, 247711, 4265234
EGSA87	509181, 4260985

Elevation m	86
Elevation feet	282.2
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Fachard [2012], 322    Footnote 301: 'Les trouvailles de surface datent du Néolithique, de l'Helladique Ancien et Moyen.'
2.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 232    'This is said to be the principal early settlement of the region.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 232    'A thick spread of N, EH, and MH sherds was found here, ... '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 56    'Considerable quantities of Early and Middle Helladic sherds were found on both hills, especially on the northeast slopes of Antires.'
5.    Sherds.   Sackett et al. [1966], 72    '..but there is a thick spread of Neolithic, E.H., and M.H. sherds at Antires, ...'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 232,  Size: 22500 sq. m.  ' ... c. 300 m. NNW-SSE by 75 m., ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 72,
    b.    Fachard [2012]: 322, Footnote 301: ' ... datent du Néolithique, de l'Helladique Ancien et Moyen.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 232, ' ..., EH, and MH sherds was found here, ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 56, 'N? EH II MH LH G? C H?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 231, ' ... EH II MH LH ... '

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 56, 'N? EH II MH LH G? C H?'
    b.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 72,
    c.    Fachard [2012]: 322, Footnote 301: ' ... datent du Néolithique, de l'Helladique Ancien et Moyen.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 232, ' ..., EH, and MH sherds was found here, ... ', ' ... EH II MH LH ... '

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 56, 'N? EH II MH LH G? C H?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 231, ' ... EH II MH LH ... '

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 231, ' ... G? ... '

NOTE

1. See the excellent sketch map in Sackett et al. [1966] 72, Fig. 12 which is invaluable for resolving confusion over place names in this area.

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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, '110. Antirès', pg. 322. Online here.

2. 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], '73. Avlonarion: Antires', pg. 72. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 75 Avlonari: Palaiokastri and Antires', pg. 56. 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., 'F 92 Avlonarion: Palaiokastri and Antires', pg. 231. Online here.