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Nea Syllata Mound

PK	C1646
TITLE	Nea Syllata Mound
WGS84	40.338134° N, 23.150804° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.338134, 23.150804
LON/LAT	23.150804, 40.338134

DMS

40° 20' 17.2824" N

23° 9' 2.8944" E

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UTM	34 T, 682690, 4467508
EGSA87	427722, 4465348

Elevation m	110
Elevation feet	360.9
Region	Macedonia
Subregion	Chalcidice

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AR[1961], 14    'Finds besides vases include bronze fibulae and a helmet.'
2.    Cem.   AR[1961], 14    'A large cemetery of the Archaic and Classical periods came to light ... '
3.    Cem.   Leekley and Efstratiou [1980], 92    ' ... discovery in 1960 of a large Archaic and Classical cemetery ... '
4.    Mound.   French [1967], 24    'Description: mound ... '
5.    Sherds.   French [1967], 63    'Myc - 11-13'
6.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 180    'Surface finds include seven local LB and three Mycenaean sherds.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 180, 'EB MB? LH LH (III) "PG" C or H'
    b.    French [1967]: 63, 'EB - EB 3: 1'

2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 180, 'EB MB? LH LH (III) "PG" C or H'
    b.    French [1967]: 63, '?MB - GM: 9'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 180, 'EB MB? LH LH (III) "PG" C or H', ' ... and three Mycenaean sherds.'
    b.    French [1967]: 63, 'Myc - 11-13'

4. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 180, 'Surface finds include seven local LB ... sherds.'
    b.    French [1967]: 63, 'LB - Brown b: 3-8; MPt: 10'

5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 180, 'EB MB? LH LH (III) "PG" C or H'

6. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 63, 'IA & LATER - PG: 14; Black gl: 16-19'

7. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 63, 'IA & LATER - PG: 14; Black gl: 16-19'

8. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    AR[1961]: 14, ' ... cemetery of the Archaic and Classical periods ... '
    b.    Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 92, ' ... a large Archaic ... cemetery ... '

NOTES

1. AR[1961] 14 says that the cem is 10 km. from Nea Silata on the road to Elaiokhoria. The distance is closer to 2.5 km. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980] 92 repeat this error.

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. AR[1961]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (8) 1961., 'Nea Silata (in Khalkidiki).', pg. 14. 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, 'Nea Syllata (Kardhia) C 13', pg. 24.

3. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: Leekley, Dorothy and Nicholas Efstratiou. Archaeological Excavations in Northern Greece. Noyes Press, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1980, 'Nea Silata (Chalcidice):', pg. 92.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'L 25 Nea Syllata', pg. 180. DH French, CM No. C 13
Online here.