Torone
| PK | C1643 |
| TITLE | Torone |
| WGS84 | 39.977137° N, 23.900665° E |
| Accuracy | 20 m. |
| LAT/LON | 39.977137, 23.900665 |
| LON/LAT | 23.900665, 39.977137 |
| DMS | 39° 58' 37.6932" N | , | 23° 54' 2.394" E |
| W3W | varsity, fleet, situational |
| UTM | 34 S, 747701, 4429250 |
| EGSA87 | 491369, 4424938 |
| Elevation m | 9 |
| Elevation feet | 29.5 |
| Region | Macedonia |
| Subregion | Chalcidice |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds
TYPE
1. Pottery. Aslaksen [2013], 8 'In the Middle Bronze Age, the potter's wheel and controlled reduction firing was introduced in Torone ... '2. Settlement. French [1967], 35 'Topography: site under a medieval fort on the peninsula'
3. Settlement. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980], 102 'During the Bronze Age there was only a small settlement on the northwest promontory, ... '
4. Settlement. Aslaksen [2013], 8 ' ... and was inhabited throughout the Bronze Age ... '
5. Sherds. Simpson [1981], 181 'Four Mycenaean sherds and two of local LB are among the surface finds recorded.'
6. Sherds. French [1967], 66 'Myc - 30-34'
7. Sherds. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980], 102 'Sherds from the first half of the 3rd millenium to Byzantine times were found.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 102, 'During the Bronze Age ... '
b. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 102, 'Sherds from the first half of the 3rd millenium to Byzantine times ... '
c. Aslaksen [2013]: 8, ' ... and was inhabited throughout the Bronze Age ... '
2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 181, 'EB MB LB LH (III)'
3. Early Bronze Age II: (3000 BC - 2700 BC)
a. French [1967]: 66, 'EB - EB 2: 1-2; ... '
4. Early Bronze Age III: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
a. French [1967]: 66, ' ...; EB 3: 3'
5. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 181, 'EB MB LB LH (III)'
b. French [1967]: 66, 'Grey: 4-8; ... '
6. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Aslaksen [2013]: 8, ' ... which also had imports of Middle Helladic Minyan pottery.'
7. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 181, 'Four Mycenaean sherds ... '
b. French [1967]: 66, 'Myc - 30-34'
8. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
a. Aslaksen [2013]: 8, ' ... as Late Helladic I-II pottery was found in Torone.'
9. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Aslaksen [2013]: 8, ' ... as Late Helladic I-II pottery was found in Torone.'
10. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 181, 'EB MB LB LH (III)'
b. French [1967]: 66, 'LB - Brown b: 28-29'
11. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 181, 'EB MB LB LH (III)'
12. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
a. Aslaksen [2013]: 8, 'The Bronze- and Iron Age settlements were excavated by Papadopoulos and Cambitoglou ... '
b. French [1967]: 66, 'IA & later - Geom to ?Hell: ... '
13. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. French [1967]: 66, 'IA & later - Geom to ?Hell: ... '
NOTES
1. Aslaksen [2013] p. 8: 'Torone has produced the earliest evidence of contact with Mycenaean Greece ... '
2. 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. Aslaksen [2013]: Aslaksen, Ole Christian . Global and local in Late Bronze Age Central Macedonia; Economy, mobility and identity. Gotarc Series B. Archaeological Theses 61, University of Gothenburg; Department of Historical Studies, Sweden, 'Torone:', pg. 8.
Online here.
2. French [1967]: French, D.H.. Index of Prehistoric Sites in Central Macedonia and Catalogue of Sherd Material in The University of Thessaloniki. Athens, 'Torone SI 4', pg. 35.
3. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: Leekley, Dorothy and Nicholas Efstratiou. Archaeological Excavations in Northern Greece. Noyes Press, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1980, 'Torone (Chalcidice)', pg. 102.
4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'L 29 Torone', pg. 181.
DH French, CM No. SI 4
Online here.