Site details

Valtochori/Saridja Mound

PK	C1666
TITLE	Valtochori∕Saridja Mound
WGS84	40.716922° N, 22.611351° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.716922, 22.611351
LON/LAT	22.611351, 40.716922

DMS

40° 43' 0.9192" N

22° 36' 40.8636" E

W3W	verge, regard, phantom
UTM	34 T, 636098, 4508582
EGSA87	382563, 4507975

Elevation m	9
Elevation feet	29.5
Region	Macedonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Mound.   French [1967], 38    'Topography: mound, in plain; ... '
2.    Mound.   Rey [1921], 53    'La « toumba », ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 182    '... more Mycenaean surface sherds have been recorded than local LB.'
4.    Sherds.   French [1967], 68    'Myc - 22-26 ; ? 27-32'

SITE SIZE

- Rey [1921]  p. 53,  Size: 600 sq. m.  'Sa superficie est de 6 ares; ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Neolithic: (4500 BC - 3100 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 68, 'LN - Black on Red: 2; Black topped: 4; ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 68, 'Myc - 22-26 ; ? 27-32'

3. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 182, 'N LB LH (III)'
    b.    French [1967]: 68, 'LB - Brown b: 18-21'

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

5. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 68, ' ...; ?IA: 61-63; ... '

6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 68, 'IA & later - ?PG: 45; ... '

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, 'Valtochori (Saridja) A 16', pg. 38.

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, '15. - Saridja (Toumba, Fig 39).', pg. 53. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'L 40 Valtochori', pg. 182. DH French, CM No. A 16
Online here.