Site details

Monolithos

PK	C2520
TITLE	Monolithos
WGS84	36.410819° N, 25.479853° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	36.410819, 25.479853
LON/LAT	25.479853, 36.410819

DMS

36° 24' 38.9484" N

25° 28' 47.4708" E

W3W	manned, popcorn, subsystem
UTM	35 S, 363702, 4030589
EGSA87	632537, 4030245

Elevation m	16
Elevation feet	52.5
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Thera

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Dierckx [1986], 137
2.    Settlement.   Sperling [1974], 323    'The fragments suggest a small settlement existed at that spot ... '
3.    Settlement.   Vlachopoulos and Georgiadis [2011], 346    'Monolithos seems to have been an important settlement of the south Cyclades in the Late Mycenaean period, ... '
4.    Sherds.   Vlachopoulos [2008], 519    'In 2003, the published surface pottery from Monolithos was located in the Museum of Prehistoric Thera and it was examined ... '
5.    Sherds.   Schallin [1993], 25    'Middle LBA sherds have been identified on a steep little hill close to the sea, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Sperling [1974]: 323, 'A few of the sherds evidently represent pots imported from the mainland, ... the era was one of Mycenaean trade and expansion in the Aegean.'

2. Late Cycladic III: (1420 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 25, 'Middle LBA sherds ... ', Schallin [1993] includes LC III in 'Middle LBA', p. 8, Table 1.'
    b.    Sperling [1974]: 323, ' ... during at least part of the fourteenth and perhaps also the thirteenth century BC.'

3. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Vlachopoulos and Georgiadis [2011]: 346, ' ... with very few sherds dating to LH IIIB2, ... '

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Dierckx [1986]: 137, '...including possible LH III C,...'
    b.    Vlachopoulos [2008]: 519, 'The LH IIIC Middle outlined rosette motif within a dotted circle ... recalls the style of the East Aegean Koine ... '
    c.    Vlachopoulos and Georgiadis [2011]: 346, 'Surface pottery of very good quality dates mostly to LH IIIC ... '

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Vlachopoulos [2008]: 520, 'There are a few Geometric sherds from the site, but they cannot be used to demonstrate continuity from the Mycenaean period.'

NOTES

1.  Site contributed by Professor Sarah Murray, University of Toronto, Canada.

2.  Vlachopoulos [2008] 520 says: ' ..., but at present the evidence clearly shows that habitation at Monolithos dates to the LH IIIC Early-Middle period, though some earlier activity at the site cannot be excluded.'

3.  Additional bibliography:

Doumas, C. and P. Warren, 'Thera: A Late Cycladic III Settlement at Monolithos'. AAA 12, pp. 232-6. 1979., 232.

J.L. Crowley, 'More on Mycenaeans at Thera' American Journal of Archaeology (87:1) 83-85. 1983.

J.W. Sperling, 'Thera and Therasia', Ekistics, Vol. 38, No. 228, Cities of the Past (November 1974), pp. 320-326. Onlinehere.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Dierckx [1986]: Dierckx, Heidi. The Dorian Dilemma: Problems and interpretations of social change in late Helladic iii c and dark age Greece with reference to the archaeological and literary evidence., . Dissertation submitted for Ph.D. Durham University. 1986., '', pg. 137. Online here.

2. 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, '58. Monolithos', pg. 25.

3. Sperling [1974]: Sperling, J.W.. ‘Thera and Therasia’, Ekistics (38:228), Cities of the Past. 320-326. November, 1974,, 'The Late Bronze Age', pg. 323. Online here.

4. Stampolidis and Maner [2011]: Stampolidis, Nicholas Chr. and Çiğdem Maner, Konstantinos Kopanias. NOSTOI; Indigenous Culture, Migration + Integration In The Aegean Islands + Western Anatolia During The Late Bronze + Early Iron Ages. Koç University Press. Istanbul, Turkey 2011., '',

5. Vlachopoulos [2008]: Vlachopoulos, A.. ‘A Late Mycenaean Journey from Thera to Naxos: Cyclades in the 12 th century B.C.’, In Brodie et al. (eds.) [2008], 479-491., '', pg. 519. Online here.

6. Vlachopoulos and Georgiadis [2011]: Vlachopoulos, Andreas and Mercourios Georgiadis. ‘The Cyclades and the Dodecanese during the Post-Palatial Period: Heterogeneous Developments of a Homogeneous Culture’, In Stampolidis and Maner [2011] pp. 337-368, '', pg. 346. Online here.