Site details

Vasilika B

PK	C1674
TITLE	Vasilika B
WGS84	40.48247° N, 23.148554° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.48247, 23.148554
LON/LAT	23.148554, 40.48247

DMS

40° 28' 56.892" N

23° 8' 54.7944" E

W3W	fruity, rowdier, result
UTM	34 T, 682109.44, 4483526.21
EGSA87	427685, 4481371

Elevation m	75
Elevation feet	246.1
Region	Macedonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Mound.   French [1967], 38    'Topography: mound in plain; ... '
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 183    'Casson includes this site in his list of those where "Mycenaean" sherds were said to have been found, following the list made by Wace ... '
3.    Sherds.   French [1967], 68    'EB - EB 2: 1'
4.    Sherds.   Niebieszczański [2012], 29    'Site contains only the Early Bronze Age remains in a number of 3 sherds.'

SITE SIZE

- Niebieszczański [2012]  p. 29,  Size: 7500 sq. m.  Approximately. 'Hill of a irregular base dimensions d1: 100, d2: 75m and h:5m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 183, 'EB LB? LH III?'
    b.    Niebieszczański [2012]: 29, 'Site contains only the Early Bronze Age remains in a number of 3 sherds.'
    c.    French [1967]: 68, 'EB - EB 2: 1'

2. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 183, 'EB LB? LH III?'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 183, 'EB LB? LH III?'

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, 'Vasilika B V 2', pg. 38.

2. 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, '6. Vasilika B "Methamorphosis"', pg. 29. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Vasilika B', pg. 183. DH French, CM No. V 2
Online here.