Site details

Tripiti

PK	C2511
TITLE	Tripiti
WGS84	36.740633° N, 24.424155° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.740633, 24.424155
LON/LAT	24.424155, 36.740633

DMS

36° 44' 26.2788" N

24° 25' 26.958" E

W3W	mourns, mongrels, ecologist
UTM	35 S, 270013, 4069194
EGSA87	537719, 4065896

Elevation m	147
Elevation feet	482.3
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Melos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Schallin [1993], 19    'LBA "talismanic" sealstones have been reported to have come from Geometric tombs ... '
2.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 315    'A figurine of KS type is reported ... '
3.    Artifacts.   BSA [1895], 70
4.    Cem.   Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982], 293    'CEM. The area near the church of Agia Phaneromeni, between the east gate of Ancient Melos and modern Trypiti, produced abundant evidence through chance finds, looting, and excavations in 1895-6 that this was a major cemetery of the geometric and archaic periods.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Keros-Syros: (2600 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 315, 'KS', ' ... of KS type ... '

2. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 19, 'LBA "talismanic" sealstones have been reported ... '

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    BSA [1895]: 70,
    b.    Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: 293, 'G; A'
    c.    Schallin [1993]: 19, ' ... from Geometric tombs ... '

4. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: 293, 'G; A'

NOTES

1. Contributed by Professor S. Murray, University of Toronto.

2. Placed according to the map here: http://cs.ha.uth.gr/toponyme.php?ID_toponyme=41531

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BSA [1895]: Annual of the British School at Athens, Athens, Greece. (2) 1895, '', pg. 70. Online here.

2. Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: Renfrew, Colin and Malcolm Wagstaff (eds.). An Island Polity; The archaeology of exploitation in Melos. Cambridge University Press. 1982., '6. Phaneromeni (Ancient Melos)', pg. 293.

3. Schallin [1993]: Schallin, Ann-Louise. Islands under Influence: The Cyclades in the Late Bronze Age and the Nature of Mycenaean Presence.. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, no. 111. Jonsered 1993, '28. Trion Vasallon (Triovasalas) and Trypiti (Trypete)', pg. 19.

4. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'Trypiti', pg. 315. Online here.