Kourtir/Lisvori
| PK | C1493 |
| TITLE | Kourtir∕Lisvori |
| WGS84 | 39.131468° N, 26.207134° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 39.131468, 26.207134 |
| LON/LAT | 26.207134, 39.131468 |
| DMS | 39° 7' 53.2848" N | , | 26° 12' 25.6824" E |
| W3W | populates, gazes, clarifies |
| UTM | 35 S, 431471, 4331665 |
| EGSA87 | 690627, 4333399 |
| Elevation m | 1 |
| Elevation feet | 3.3 |
| Region | NE Aegean |
| Subregion | Lesbos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Pottery. van Wijngaarden [2002], 323 'Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery' includes Kourtir.2. Pottery. Spencer [1995/2019], 20 ' ...; a large proportion of EBA. wares similar to those from Thermi; ... ', ' ...; Lesbian red and grey wares; ... '
3. Pottery. Catling [1976], 28 'Surface finds include Mycenaean pottery (ADelt 26 Chron 2, 457).'
4. Settlement. Simpson [1981], 209 'A Bronze Age settlement has been found at Lisvori on the shore of the Gulf of Kalloni. Surface finds include Mycenaean sherds.'
5. Settlement. Lambrianides and Spencer [2008], 336 ' ... estimating it to be five time greater in area than Thermi.'
6. Settlement. Spencer [1995/2019], 20 ' ... long-lived settlement activity dating from the LN. period.'
7. Sherds. Spencer [1995/2019], 20 ' ...; and large numbers of imported Myc. sherds.'
8. Sherds. Lambrianides and Spencer [1997], 94 Also here ... is a decorated body sherd strongly reminiscent of Mycenaean fabrics and surface treatment.'
9. Sherds. Spencer [1995], 273 'From note 22 on p. 273: '..., but also a large number of imported Mycenaean sherds.''
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Neolithic: (4500 BC - 3100 BC)
a. Spencer [1995/2019]: 20, ' ... long-lived settlement activity dating from the LN. period.'
2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 209, 'EB MB LB LH (III)'
b. Lambrianides and Spencer [2008]: 337, ' ... its large EB component, ... '
c. Spencer [1995/2019]: 20, ' ...; a large proportion of EBA. wares similar to those from Thermi; ... '
3. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 209, 'EB MB LB LH (III)'
b. Lambrianides and Spencer [2008]: 337, 'Furthermore, a large number of Middle-Late Bronze Age ceramics were also found ... '
c. Spencer [1995/2019]: 20, ' ...; a not insignificant amount of MBA. material; ... '
4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Lambrianides and Spencer [1997]: 94, ' ... strongly reminiscent of Mycenaean fabrics and surface treatment.' And see n. 140 on this page.
b. Catling [1976]: 28, ' ... Mycenaean pottery ... '
c. Spencer [1995]: 273, 'From note 22 on p. 273: '..., but also a large number of imported Mycenaean sherds.''
d. Lambrianides and Spencer [2008]: 337, ' ... (including a large collection of important Mycenaean wares) ... '
e. Spencer [1995/2019]: 20, ' ...; and large numbers of imported Myc. sherds.'
5. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 209, 'EB MB LB LH (III)'
b. Lambrianides and Spencer [2008]: 337, 'Furthermore, a large number of Middle-Late Bronze Age ceramics were also found ... '
6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 209, 'EB MB LB LH (III)'
7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Spencer [1995/2019]: 20, 'G. sherds were noted by (M.) Paraskeuaidis, ... '
NOTES
1. A good précis of the investigation and the importance of this site is at Lambrianides and Spencer [1997] 93 ff.
2. Kourtir is to be found in (map or page?) 20 (site 91) of A Gazetteer of Archaeological Sites in Lesbos (BAR, S623), Nigel Spencer, 9780860548041, 1995.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Catling [1976]: Catling, H.W.. ‘Archaeology in Greece, 1975-76’, Archaeological Reports (22) 3 - 33. 1975-1976., ''Lesbos: Lisvori.'', pg. 28.
Online here.
2. Erkanal et al. [2008]: Erkanal, Hayat and Harald Hauptmann, Vasıf Şahoğlu, Rıza Tuncel. The Aegean in the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and the Early Bronze Age. Ankara Üniversitesi / Ankara University Sualti Arkeolojik Araştirma ve Uygulama Merkezi (Anküsam), Research Center For Maritime Archaeology (Anküsam), Yayın No / Publication No: 1, Ankara, 2008., '',
3. Lambrianides and Spencer [1997]: Lambrianides, Kyriacos and Nigel Spencer. ‘Unpublished Material from the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut and the British School at Athens and Its Contribution to a Better Understanding of the Early Bronze Age Settlement Pattern on Lesbos’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (92) 73-107. 1997., ''Kourtir (Lisvori)'', pg. 93.
Online here.
4. Lambrianides and Spencer [2008]: Lambrianides, Kyriacos and Nigel Spencer. ‘The Early Bronze Age Sites of Lesbos and the Madra Çay Delta: New Light on a Discrete Regional Centre of Prehistoric Settlement and Society in the Northeast Aegean’, In Erkanal et al. (eds.) [2008], 'Kourtir', pg. 336.
Online here.
5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Lisvori', pg. 209.
Online here.
6. Spencer [1995]: Spencer, Nigel. ‘Early Lesbos between East and West: A 'Grey Area' of Aegean Archaeology’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (90) 269-306. 1995., ''Bronze Age Lesbos: An Outpost of Anatolia'', pg. 273.
Online here.
7. Spencer [1995/2019]: Spencer, Nigel. A Gazetteer of Archaeological Sites in Lesbos. BAR International Series 623; BAR Publishing, Oxford UK., '*91. Kourtir', pg. 20.
8. van Wijngaarden [2002]: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy (ca. 1600 - 1200 BC). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and Amsterdam University Press. 2002., 'Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean Pottery', pg. 223.
Online here.