Site details

Methymna

PK	C1776
TITLE	Methymna
WGS84	39.365726° N, 26.177348° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.365726, 26.177348
LON/LAT	26.177348, 39.365726

DMS

39° 21' 56.6136" N

26° 10' 38.4528" E

W3W	residential, stealthily, emotion
UTM	35 S, 429133, 4357686
EGSA87	687427, 4359337

Elevation m	14
Elevation feet	45.9
Region	NE Aegean
Subregion	Lesbos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1206
2.    Buildings.   Spencer [1995/2019], 45    ' ..., circular structures of PG.-G. date and ... '
3.    Pottery.   Spencer [1995/2019], 45    ' ... and G. pottery were found ... '
4.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 323    'Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery' includes Methymna.
5.    Settlement.   Spencer [1995/2019], 45    ' ... underlying A. houses and ... '
6.    Street.   Spencer [1995/2019], 45    ' ... an A. street s. of the modern kastro.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Spencer [1995/2019]: 45, 'BA. material, ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 223, van Wijngaarden does not give any date indication beyond 'Mycenaean'.

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1206,

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1206,

5. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1206,
    b.    Spencer [1995/2019]: 45, ' ... circular structures of PG.-G. date and ... '

6. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1206,
    b.    Spencer [1995/2019]: 45, ' ... circular structures of PG.-G. date and ... ', .. G. pottery ...

7. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Spencer [1995/2019]: 45, ' ... underlying A. houses and an A. street s. of the modern kastro.'

NOTE

1. Additional: H.G. Buchholz. Methymna - Archäologische Beiträge zur Topographie und Geschichte von Nordlesbos. Mainz, Deutschland. 1975.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Spencer [1995/2019]: Spencer, Nigel. A Gazetteer of Archaeological Sites in Lesbos. BAR International Series 623; BAR Publishing, Oxford UK., '*217. Methymna (town)', pg. 45.

2. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1206.

3. van Wijngaarden [2002]: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy (ca. 1600 - 1200 BC). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and Amsterdam University Press. 2002., 'Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean Pottery', pg. 223. Online here.