Site details

Makronissos: Leondari

PK	C1560
TITLE	Makronissos: Leondari
WGS84	37.715496° N, 24.120593° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.715496, 24.120593
LON/LAT	24.120593, 37.715496

DMS

37° 42' 55.7856" N

24° 7' 14.1348" E

W3W	playfully, employed, envies
UTM	35 S, 246195, 4178153
EGSA87	510480, 4173969

Elevation m	6
Elevation feet	19.7
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Lambert [1972], 871
2.    Pottery.   Barber [1981], 17    'A promontory site whose significance is unclear but ... '
3.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 210    'Extensive but sporadic traces of prehistoric settlement, including remains of walls and cists, ...'
4.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 48    'Extensive but scattered traces of prehistoric settlement, including remains of walls and cists, were discovered by surface exploration over an area about 120 m. northwest to southeast by 30 m.'
5.    Settlement.   Schallin [1993], 17    'During a surface investigation by Lambert, walls as well as LH IIIB or later sherds were observed.'
6.    Sherds.   Privitera [2013], 140    '...ha restituito frammenti ceramici di superficie, ...'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 48,  Size: 3600 sq. m.  '...were discovered by surface exploration over an area about 120 m. northwest to southeast by 30 m.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 210,  Size: 3600 sq. m.  'c. 120 m. NW-SE by 30 m.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 210,  Size: 3600 sq. m.  '...surface exploration over an area c. 120 m. NW-SE by 30 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 16, 'The EBA remains are numerous, ... '

2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Privitera [2013]: 140, '..., risalenti all'AE, al ME e al TE III.'

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 210, 'EH II and stone vases of KS type were previously recorded...'

4. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 16, ' ... also evidence of Middle and Late Bronze Age activity.'

5. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Lambert [1972]: 876, '...des tessons plus anciens dont certains peuvent être rattachés à l'Helladique Moyen...'
    b.    Privitera [2013]: 140, '..., risalenti all'AE, al ME e al TE III.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 210, Traces of occupation from the MH.

6. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Lambert [1972]: 876, ...au Mycénien.

7. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 16, ' ... also evidence of Middle and Late Bronze Age activity.'

8. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Privitera [2013]: 140, '..., risalenti all'AE, al ME e al TE III.'

9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 48, 'They include Mycenaean sherds of the LH IIIB period or later ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 210, Traces of occupation from LH IIIB: '...and LH IIIB or later (coated deep bowls).'
    c.    Schallin [1993]: 17, ' ... LH IIIB or later sherds ... '
    d.    Barber [1981]: 17, ' ... but with some LH IIIB - C pottery.'

10. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 48, 'They include Mycenaean sherds of the LH IIIB period or later ...'
    b.    Barber [1981]: 17, ' ... but with some LH IIIB - C pottery.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Barber [1981]: Barber, R.L.N.. ‘The Late Cycladic Period: A Review’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (76), pp. 1-21, 1981., '15. Leondari (--)', pg. 17. Online here.

2. Lambert [1972]: Lambert, Nicole. ‘Vestiges préhistoriques dans l'île de Makronissos’, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. 96 (2), pp. 873-881. 1972., 'Vestiges préhistoriques dans l'île de Makronissos', pg. 871. Online here.

3. Privitera [2013]: Privitera, Santo. Principi, Pelasgi, e pescatori: L'Attica nella Tarda Eta del Bronzo. . Paestum: Pandemos. 2013., '27. Makronisos - Liontari', pg. 140.

4. Schallin [1993]: Schallin, Ann-Louise. Islands under Influence: The Cyclades in the Late Bronze Age and the Nature of Mycenaean Presence.. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, no. 111. Jonsered 1993, '20. Leondari', pg. 16.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 25 Makronissos: Leondari', pg. 48. Online here.

6. 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., 'F 27 Makronisos: Leondari', pg. 210. Online here.