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Sedes: Thermi Toumba

PK	C1670
TITLE	Sedes: Thermi Toumba
WGS84	40.553017° N, 23.030947° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.553017, 23.030947
LON/LAT	23.030947, 40.553017

DMS

40° 33' 10.8612" N

23° 1' 51.4092" E

W3W	saying, victor, router
UTM	34 T, 671960, 4491122
EGSA87	417803, 4489305

Elevation m	92
Elevation feet	301.8
Region	Macedonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Aslaksen [2013], 132    'In the North Aegean, spindle whorls could also be encrusted. These were found at ..., Toumba Thermi and ... '
2.    Mound.   French [1967], 34    'Topography: toumba, 1 km. NE of village, ... '
3.    Mound.   Leekley and Efstratiou [1980], 98    ' ... soundings made by the Archaeological Service of the French Army on a toumba ... '
4.    Mound.   Rey [1917-19], 155    This mound or toumba is described by Rey on p. 155.
5.    Pottery.   Niebieszczański [2012], 28    ' ... black and red burnished pottery.'
6.    Settlement.   Niebieszczański [2012], 28    'The chronology of settle processes within this site ... '
7.    Sherds.   French [1967], 66    'Myc - 9-10'
8.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 180    '... Wardle ... implies that all Mycenaean pottery in Central Macedonia probably consists either of imports or local imitations.'
9.    Sherds.   Niebieszczański [2012], 28    'The Mycenacam Period consist of 10 sherds, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Neolithic: (4500 BC - 3100 BC)
    a.    Niebieszczański [2012]: 28, ' ... begins in Late Neolithic period, ... '

2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 180, 'N EB MB LB LH IIIB "PG"'
    b.    Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 99, 'The earliest (stratum, RHC) dates from the Early and Middle Bronze Age.'
    c.    Niebieszczański [2012]: 28, ' ... Early Bronze Age ... '
    d.    French [1967]: 66, 'EB - EB2: 3-7'

3. Early Bronze Age II: (3000 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 66, 'EB - EB2: 3-7'

4. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 180, 'N EB MB LB LH IIIB "PG"'
    b.    Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 99, 'The earliest (stratum, RHC) dates from the Early and Middle Bronze Age.'

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Rey [1917-19]: 159, '3^o La couche B (mycénien et géométrique [,] premycénien, ... '
    b.    Niebieszczański [2012]: 28, 'The Mycenaean Period consist of 10 sherds, ... '
    c.    French [1967]: 66, 'Myc - 9-10'

6. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 180, 'N EB MB LB LH IIIB "PG"'
    b.    Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 99, 'The next level contained material of Late Bronze Age date, ... '
    c.    Niebieszczański [2012]: 28, ' ... and 14 brown burnished from the Late Bronze Age.'
    d.    French [1967]: 66, 'LB - Brown b: 11-14; ... '

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 180, 'N EB MB LB LH IIIB "PG"'

8. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
    a.    Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 99, 'Remains of the Iron Age and Hellenistic lay above this.'
    b.    Niebieszczański [2012]: 28, ' ... 19 pieces from Iron Age and further times.'
    c.    French [1967]: 66, 'IA & later - Black gl; ... '

9. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Rey [1917-19]: 159, '2^o La couche C (géométrique postmycénien)'

NOTES

1.  For the original description, pp. 154-161 in Leon Rey, Observations sur les Premiers Habitats de la Macedoine; Recueillies par le Service Archeologique de l'Armee d'Orient (Region de Salonique), E. de Boccard, Editeur, Paris. 1921. This work may be downloaded from this page. This work includes many careful drawings and informative photographs.

2.  It appears as though Dr. Niebieszczański's coordinates (p. 28) in both WGS84 and EGSA ('Greek Grid') are quite incorrect.

3.  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, '10.0.2 Encrusted Pottery in Central Macedonia: Origins and Distribution', pg. 132. 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, 'Thermi Toumba (Sedes) V 4', pg. 34.

3. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: Leekley, Dorothy and Nicholas Efstratiou. Archaeological Excavations in Northern Greece. Noyes Press, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1980, 'Sedes (Thessaloniki)', pg. 98.

4. Niebieszczański [2012]: Niebieszczański, Jakub. ‘Geographical Information System methods implementation in the Anthemountas Valley Archaeological Project researches. Visualization and analysis of delimited study area.’, Poznań 2012, '4. Thermi Toumba', pg. 28. Online here.

5. Rey [1917-19]: Rey, Leon. ‘VIII. - Vallée de la Vassilika’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (41-43) 127-161. 1917-19., '13. - Sédès (Toumba. ... ', pg. 154. Online here.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'L 19 Thermi Toumba (Sedes)', pg. 180. DH French, CM No. V 4
Online here.