Site details

Nikita Mound

PK	C1642
TITLE	Nikita Mound
WGS84	40.217451° N, 23.684047° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.217451, 23.684047
LON/LAT	23.684047, 40.217451

DMS

40° 13' 2.8236" N

23° 41' 2.5692" E

W3W	people, firelight, disdains
UTM	34 T, 728395, 4455348
EGSA87	472967, 4451654

Elevation m	56
Elevation feet	183.7
Region	Macedonia
Subregion	Chalcidice

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Mound.   French [1967], 26    'Topography: flat-topped toumba, ... '
2.    Sherds.   French [1967], 63    'Myc - 31'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 181    'Several sherds of local LB were collected, but only one Mycenaean.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 181, 'EB? MB LH (III)'

2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 181, 'EB? MB LH (III)'
    b.    French [1967]: 63, 'MB - GM:: 3-4; Grey b: 5-15'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 63, 'Myc - 31'

4. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 63, 'LB - Brown b: 21-30'

5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 181, 'EB? MB LH (III)'

6. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 63, 'IA & later 40-44'

7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 63, 'MB - GM:: 3-4; Grey b: 5-15'

NOTE

1. The Mycenaean Atlas Project would like to thank Dr. Stratos Nanoglou of the University of Thessalonika for making available a copy of French [1967] which would have been otherwise difficult to obtain.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. French [1967]: French, D.H.. Index of Prehistoric Sites in Central Macedonia and Catalogue of Sherd Material in The University of Thessaloniki. Athens, 'Nikita SI 3', pg. 26.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'L 28 Nikita', pg. 181. DH French, CM No. SI 3
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