Site details

Galliko or Salamanli Mound

PK	C1665
TITLE	Galliko or Salamanli Mound
WGS84	40.85982° N, 22.888247° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.85982, 22.888247
LON/LAT	22.888247, 40.85982

DMS

40° 51' 35.352" N

22° 53' 17.6892" E

W3W	engineering, underfed, footloose
UTM	34 T, 659145, 4524912
EGSA87	406152, 4523505

Elevation m	86
Elevation feet	282.2
Region	Macedonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Mound.   French [1967], 12    'Topography: Mound, in plain, on edge of river-plain; ... '
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 182    'One Mycenaean sherd was found, so that LB habitation may be presumed.'
3.    Sherds.   French [1967], 59    'Myc - 5'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 182, 'EB LB? LH (III) H?'
    b.    French [1967]: 59, 'EB - EB 2:1'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 59, 'Myc - 5'

3. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 182, 'EB LB? LH (III) H?'

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 182, 'EB LB? LH (III) H?'

5. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 59, 'IA & later: Grey: 6-7; Misc (? Hell): 8'

NOTES

1. For an early description with maps, photos and diagrams see Rey's report from 1921 pp. 56-59.

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. French [1967]: French, D.H.. Index of Prehistoric Sites in Central Macedonia and Catalogue of Sherd Material in The University of Thessaloniki. Athens, 'Ghalliko (Salamanli) G 3', pg. 12.

2. Rey [1921]: Rey, Léon. Observations sur les premiers habitats de la Macédoine; Recueillies par le Service Archéologique de l'Armée d'Orient; 1916-1919 (Région de Salonique). E. De Boccard, Paris, '1. - Salamanli (Toumba. Fig. 42 à 44).', pg. 56. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'L 39 Galliko', pg. 182. DH French, CM No. G 3
Online here.