Site details

Emporio

PK	C1489
TITLE	Emporio
WGS84	38.182766° N, 26.026192° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	38.182766, 26.026192
LON/LAT	26.026192, 38.182766

DMS

38° 10' 57.9576" N

26° 1' 34.2912" E

W3W	purchases, royals, inputs
UTM	35 S, 414714, 4226542
EGSA87	677313, 4227746

Elevation m	67
Elevation feet	219.8
Region	NE Aegean
Subregion	Chios

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 370    'Bronze pins and a knife are reported from these levels.' Referring to LHIIIC.
2.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 206    'The Mycenaean occupation seems to have begun in LH IIIB, which is represented by sherds from the hill and vases from a cist-grave on a hill opposite. But the three building periods identified appear all to be LH IIIC.'
3.    Harbor.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 370    'Emporio lies on the first good harbour S of Chios town, on the E coast of the island; ... '
4.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 370    ' ..., the pottery has a very limited range, which may cover much of the LH IIIC phase ... '
5.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 370    ' ...; EB and later settlement included both the acropolis and a considerable area around its foot.', 'The EB settlement was fortified, ... '
6.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 370    'Substantial reoccupation seems to begin in LH IIIB, represented by sherds from the site and vases from a cist-grave on a hill opposite the acropolis.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age I: (3300 BC - 3000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 206, 'EB I-II EB III? MB LH IIIA? LH IIIB-C G A C H'

2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, ' ...; EB and later settlement included both the acropolis and a considerable area around its foot.', 'The EB settlement was fortified, ... '

3. Early Bronze Age II: (3000 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 206, 'EB I-II EB III? MB LH IIIA? LH IIIB-C G A C H'

4. Troy I: (2950 BC - 2350 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, 'The EB phases show a close relationship with Troy I-II; ... '

5. Early Bronze Age III: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 206, 'EB I-II EB III? MB LH IIIA? LH IIIB-C G A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, ' ..., but the latter may fall in EB III in Aegean terms, ... '

6. Troy II: (2350 BC - 2250 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, 'The EB phases show a close relationship with Troy I-II; ... '

7. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 206, 'EB I-II EB III? MB LH IIIA? LH IIIB-C G A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, ' ...: the MB material sounds late ... '

8. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 206, 'EB I-II EB III? MB LH IIIA? LH IIIB-C G A C H'

9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 206, 'EB I-II EB III? MB LH IIIA? LH IIIB-C G A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, 'Substantial reoccupation seems to begin in LH IIIB, ... '

10. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 206, 'EB I-II EB III? MB LH IIIA? LH IIIB-C G A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, 'But the three building-levels identified appear to be LH IIIC; ... '

11. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, ' ...; the next occupation of the area, in the eighth, perhaps going back to late ninth century, centres on the acropolis of Profitis Ilias to N of the harbour and further inland.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Emporio', pg. 206. Online here.

2. 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., 'Emporio', pg. 369. Online here.