Site details
Thera: Selladha Ridge
| PK | C2522 |
| TITLE | Thera: Selladha Ridge |
| WGS84 | 36.368102° N, 25.475188° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 36.368102, 25.475188 |
| LON/LAT | 25.475188, 36.368102 |
| DMS | 36° 22' 5.1672" N | , | 25° 28' 30.6768" E |
| W3W | motels, fussily, salary |
| UTM | 35 S, 363208.98, 4025857.08 |
| EGSA87 | 632191, 4025500 |
| Elevation m | 226 |
| Elevation feet | 741.5 |
| Region | Cyclades |
| Subregion | Thera |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Cem. AM[1958], 1172. Cem. Leekley and Noyes [1975], 53 'In 1961, N. Zafeiropoulos began excavating in the Mesavouno area, with particular emphasis on the graves on the northeast slope of the Sellada ridge.'
3. Pottery. Simpson [1981], 191 '...including a pithos said to have come from a tomb, possibly on the adjacent ridge of Selladha ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Bronze I: (1570 BC - 1400 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 191, '...the source of LB I vases, including a pithos said to have come from a tomb, possibly on the adjacent ridge of Selladha, ...'
2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. AM[1958]: 117,
b. Simpson [1981]: 191, '...the source of LB I vases, including a pithos said to have come from a tomb, possibly on the adjacent ridge of Selladha, ...'
3. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 191, '...the source of LB I vases, including a pithos said to have come from a tomb, possibly on the adjacent ridge of Selladha, ...'
b. Leekley and Noyes [1975]: 53, 'Much Archaic and later material ... '
NOTE
1. Contributed by Professor S. Murray, University of Toronto.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. AM[1958]: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung, Germany. 1958., '', pg. 117.
2. Leekley and Noyes [1975]: Leekley, Dorothy and Robert Noyes. Archaeological Excavations in the Greek Islands. Noyes Press, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1975, 'Thera (Santorini) and Therasia', pg. 52.
3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Mesavouno and Selladha', pg. 191.
'...possibly on the adjacent ridge of Selladha, on whose northeast slope lay the main cemeteries of ancient Thera, from the Geometric period onwards.'
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