Lindos: Acropolis
| PK | C1399 |
| TITLE | Lindos: Acropolis |
| WGS84 | 36.091698° N, 28.088181° E |
| Accuracy | 50 m. |
| LAT/LON | 36.091698, 28.088181 |
| LON/LAT | 28.088181, 36.091698 |
| DMS | 36° 5' 30.1128" N | , | 28° 5' 17.4516" E |
| W3W | morph, promotions, flunking |
| UTM | 35 S, 597963, 3994667 |
| EGSA87 | 867980, 4001575 |
| Elevation m | 99 |
| Elevation feet | 324.8 |
| Region | Dodecanese |
| Subregion | Rhodes |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 356 ' ... a flat dagger blade ... and a jug ... '2. Fort. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 356 'The site is a fine natural fortress, ... '
3. hab. Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 151 'There is no reason, therefore, to doubt that the Mycenaean and prehistoric finds are sufficient evidence of habitation on the acropolis of Lindos in these periods.'
4. Harbor. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 356 'The site is a fine natural fortress, dominating an important harbour.'
5. Pottery. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 356 ' ... and a jug probably of EB III date ... '
6. Pottery. Simpson [1981], 198 'The Mycenaean pottery ... appears to range from LH IIIB to LH IIIC1.'
7. Tomb. Georgiadis [2003], 39 ' ... some pottery allegedly comes from tombs in the vicinity of this site, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Bronze Age III: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 356, ' ... and a jug probably of EB III date ... ', ' ... EB III? ...'
2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 356, 'There is no evidence for occupation in MB, although this is inherently probable.'
3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Georgiadis [2003]: 39, ' ..., dating from LH IIIA2 to LH IIIC ... '
4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 198, 'The Mycenaean pottery ... appears to range from LH IIIB to LH IIIC1.'
b. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 151, 'The Mycenaean pottery seems to be of the range L.H. IIIB to L.H. IIIC 1.'
c. Georgiadis [2003]: 39, ' ..., dating from LH IIIA2 to LH IIIC ... '
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 356, 'The LH pottery appears to range from LH IIIB to LH IIIC.'
5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Georgiadis [2003]: 39, ' ..., dating from LH IIIA2 to LH IIIC ... '
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 356, 'The LH pottery appears to range from LH IIIB to LH IIIC.'
6. LH IIIC1: (1190 BC - 1130 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 198, 'The Mycenaean pottery ... appears to range from LH IIIB to LH IIIC1.'
b. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 151, 'The Mycenaean pottery seems to be of the range L.H. IIIB to L.H. IIIC 1.'
7. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 355, ' ... LH IIIB-C PG G A ... '
8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 355, ' ... LH IIIB-C PG G A ... '
9. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 355, ' ... LH IIIB-C PG G A ... '
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Georgiadis [2003]: Georgiadis, Mercourios. The South-Eastern Aegean in the Mycenaean Period; Islands, landscape, death and ancestors. BAR International Series 1196. 2003., '', pg. 39.
Online here.
2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Lindos', pg. 198.
Online here.
3. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: Simpson, Richard Hope and J.F. Lazenby. ‘Notes from the Dodecanese III’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 68, pp. 127-179, 1973., 'The Acropolis of Lindos', pg. 151.
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., 'Lindos', pg. 355.
Online here.