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Cape Manika: Hab

PK	C1232
TITLE	Cape Manika: Hab
WGS84	38.498344° N, 23.623773° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.498344, 23.623773
LON/LAT	23.623773, 38.498344

DMS

38° 29' 54.0384" N

23° 37' 25.5828" E

W3W	classed, path, devours
UTM	34 S, 728811, 4264372
EGSA87	467044, 4260889

Elevation m	4
Elevation feet	13.1
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1969], 202
2.    Artifacts.   Hankey [1952], 60    In note 14: 'L.H. sherds and other objects have also been found at the following places in Euboea, ..., Manika, ... '
3.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 54    '...although surface sherds indicate occupation during most of the Mycenaean period.'
4.    Settlement.   Sackett et al. [1966], 56    'Theochares undertook limited cleaning operations in 1955 and presents evidence of an extensive prehistoric settlement, starting in E.H. I, and with later E.H. houses and fortification wall surviving from E.H. II - III.'
5.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 127    'Späthelladische Scherben und andere Funde sind sonst auf Euböa aus den folgenden Plätzen zu verzeichnen: ... Manika ...'

SITE SIZE

- ed rhc  p. ,  Size: 45000 sq. m.  Size estimated from Google Earth

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB'
    b.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 56, ' ... prehistoric settlement, starting in E.H. I, ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB'
    b.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 56, ' ... houses and fortification wall surviving from E.H. II - III.'

3. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB'
    b.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 56, ' ... houses and fortification wall surviving from E.H. II - III.'

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB'
    b.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 56, 'Parts of the M.H. settlement survive, ... '

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 127, 'Späthelladische ...'
    b.    Hankey [1952]: 60, 'L.H. sherds and other objects ... '

6. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB'

7. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB'

8. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB'
    b.    AD[1969]: 202,
    c.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 56, Implied: ' ... and sherd evidence continues down to L.H. IIIB.''

9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB'
    b.    AD[1969]: 202,
    c.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 56, ' ... and sherd evidence continues down to L.H. IIIB.'

10. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AD[1969]: 202,

11. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AD[1969]: 202,

NOTE

1. Placed based on the sketchmap in Sapouna-Sakellarakis [1987] 235.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1969]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 24, '', pg. 202.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Euböa', pg. 126.

3. Hankey [1952]: Hankey, V.. ‘Late Helladic Tombs at Khalkis’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, (47), pp. 49-95. 1952., '', pg. 60. Online here.

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], '35. Manika (Cape).', pg. 56. Online here.

5. Sapouna-Sakellarakis [1987]: Sapouna-Sakellarakis, E.. ‘New Evidence from the Early Bronze Age Cemetery at Manika, Chalkis’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (82), 233-264, 1987., 'New Evidence from the Early Bronze Age Cemetery at Manika, Chalkis', pg. 233. Online here.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 59 Cape Manika', pg. 54. Online here.