Site details

Aerino: EBA and MBA Settlement

PK	C5216
TITLE	Aerino: EBA and MBA Settlement
WGS84	39.319223° N, 22.759296° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.319223, 22.759296
LON/LAT	22.759296, 39.319223

DMS

39° 19' 9.2028" N

22° 45' 33.4656" E

W3W	welders, anonymously, staggering
UTM	34 S, 651658.38, 4353677.68
EGSA87	392899, 4352649

Elevation m	157
Elevation feet	515.1
Region	Phthiotis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Arachoviti [2013], 10    ' ..., waste pits and a great amount of pottery ... ', 'The abundant number of finds - pots, spindle whorls, stone and bone tools, jewelery, weapons-refers to various activities of the people and shows that the character of the settlement remains essentially farming.'
2.    Settlement.   AR[2002], 50    '...the discovery of a BA settlement, with apsidal and oval houses, ...'
3.    Settlement.   Arachoviti [2013], 10    'Fragmentarily preserved buildings of an apsidal plan, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AR[2002]: 50, '...a BA settlement, ...'

2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Arachoviti [2013]: 10, 'During the Early Bronze Age (3200-2100BC) the settlement seems to have increased its living space ... '

3. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Arachoviti [2013]: 19, 'The Middle Bronze Age (2100-1600 BC) can be characterized as a period of prosperity for the settlement, ... '

NOTE

1. In Arachoviti [2013] see the clarifying map/diagram on p. 8.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[2002]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (49) 2002., 'Aerino (anc. Alos).', pg. 50. Online here.

2. Arachoviti [2013]: Arachoviti, Polyxeni. ‘Kastro Aerino - A diachronic settlement’, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports;13th Ephorate of Prehistoric & Classical Antiquities, Volos, 'The Settlement through time', pg. 9. Online here.