Site details

Gera

PK	C3949
TITLE	Gera
WGS84	39.048913° N, 26.49705° E
Accuracy	500 m.

LAT/LON	39.048913, 26.49705
LON/LAT	26.49705, 39.048913

DMS

39° 2' 56.0868" N

26° 29' 49.38" E

W3W	slinks, rails, diggers
UTM	35 S, 456478.56, 4322324.87
EGSA87	715942, 4324885

Elevation m	5
Elevation feet	16.4
Region	NE Aegean
Subregion	Lesbos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   AD[1994], 655
2.    hab.   AR[1998], 97    'For the first time on Lesbos, SMyc building remains and portable finds were discovered...'
3.    Pottery.   Spencer [1995/2019], 14    ' ... MBA. (Minoan style) bowls and mugs ... '
4.    Settlement.   Spencer [1995/2019], 13    Cook described 'an extensive stratified prehistoric site of about the end of the BA. ... '
5.    Settlement.   AR[2006], 78    'Continuous habitation in the area is attested from the LH IIIA1 - B2 to LRom times.'
6.    Sherds.   Spencer [1995/2019], 14    ' ... together with LBA. sherds ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Spencer [1995/2019]: 13, ' ..., Cook discovered a MBA.-LBA. site ... ', 'MBA. (Minoan style) bowls and mugs ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AR[2006]: 78, '..., where Myc and LC1 to Rom sherds were found.'

3. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Spencer [1995/2019]: 13, ' ..., Cook discovered a MBA.-LBA. site ... ', ' ... together with LBA. sherds ... '

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    AD[1994]: 655,

5. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    AR[2006]: 78, 'A Myc building was uncovered with two building phases, of which the earliest dates to the LH IIIA1-A2 period.'

6. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    AR[2006]: 78, 'A Myc building was uncovered with two building phases, of which the earliest dates to the LH IIIA1-A2 period.'

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    AD[1994]: 655,
    b.    Spencer [1995/2019]: 13, ' ... since the material collected was of the LH IIIB-C date with LH IIIC prevailing ... '

8. Early Iron Age: (1200 BC - 960 BC)
    a.    Spencer [1995/2019]: 13, ' ... the site is of extreme importance in terms of the transition from the LBA. to the EIA. ... '

9. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AR[2006]: , 'Continuous habitation in the area is attested from the LH IIIA1-B2 to LRom times.'
    b.    Spencer [1995/2019]: 13, ' ... since the material collected was of the LH IIIB-C date with LH IIIC prevailing ... '

10. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AR[1998]: 97, '..., as well as architectural remains of the PG period.'

11. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    AR[1998]: 78, '..., SMyc building remains and portable finds were discovered.'

12. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AR[2006]: 79, 'The earliest phase of the area consists of walls dated to the Myc and EGeo periods.'

NOTES

1.  Site contributed by Professor S. Murray, University of Toronto.

2.  Marker placed on the town of Chalatses following AR [2006] 78

3.  For more detailed list of finds see AR [2006] 78 under 'Gera'.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[2006]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (53) 2006., 'Gera. At Perama, area of Chalatses...', pg. 78. Online here.

2. AD[1994]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 49, '', pg. 655.

3. AR[1998]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (45) 1998., 'Gera.', pg. 97. Online here.

4. Spencer [1995/2019]: Spencer, Nigel. A Gazetteer of Archaeological Sites in Lesbos. BAR International Series 623; BAR Publishing, Oxford UK., '54. Chalatses', pg. 13.