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Toumba Nea Kallikratia

PK	C1679
TITLE	Toumba Nea Kallikratia
WGS84	40.309746° N, 23.068244° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.309746, 23.068244
LON/LAT	23.068244, 40.309746

DMS

40° 18' 35.0856" N

23° 4' 5.6784" E

W3W	sank, steps, clerics
UTM	34 T, 675751, 4464189
EGSA87	420676, 4462267

Elevation m	14
Elevation feet	45.9
Region	Macedonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   French [1967], 62    'Spindlewhorl - 287'
2.    Lithics.   French [1967], 62    'Stone Axe - 288'
3.    Mound.   French [1967], 22    'Topography: toumba and "table"; ,,, '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 183    'Among the many sherds collected by French were a few apparently Mycenaean, but these are by far outnumbered by the LB.'
5.    Sherds.   French [1967], 62    '?Myc - 179-186'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 183, 'N EB? MB LB LH III? "PG" C H'

2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 183, 'N EB? MB LB LH III? "PG" C H'
    b.    French [1967]: 62, 'MB - Red /Brown b: 122-129 ; ... '

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 62, '?Myc - 179-186'

4. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 183, 'N EB? MB LB LH III? "PG" C H'
    b.    French [1967]: 62, 'LB - Brown b: ... '

5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 183, 'N EB? MB LB LH III? "PG" C H'

6. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 62, 'IA & later - ... '

7. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 62, ' ... PG: 210-212; ... '

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, 'Nea Kallikratia C 12', pg. 22.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Toumba Nea Kallikratia', pg. 183. DH French, CM No. C 12
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