Site details

Chios: Frankomachala

PK	C1490
TITLE	Chios: Frankomachala
WGS84	38.369652° N, 26.132969° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	38.369652, 26.132969
LON/LAT	26.132969, 38.369652

DMS

38° 22' 10.7472" N

26° 7' 58.6884" E

W3W	boxes, sunburns, junket
UTM	35 S, 424260, 4247186
EGSA87	686187, 4248696

Elevation m	15
Elevation feet	49.2
Region	NE Aegean
Subregion	Chios

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 206    'A kylix foot from this site was reported to be in the Chios museum. ... It is uncertain whether there is a Mycenaean site here, and the earliest levels have not yet been investigated.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 370    'A kylix-foot from this site is reported to be in Chios Museum; ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 206, 'LH III(A-B) A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, 'LH III(A-B) ... '

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 206, 'LH III(A-B) A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, 'LH III(A-B) ... '

3. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, ' ...; the next datable material is A, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Frankomachala (Chios Town)', 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., 'Frankomachala (Chios Town)', pg. 370. Online here.