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Aigosthena: Cem

PKC5221
TITLEAigosthena: Cem
WGS84 38.146551° N, 23.228653° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 38.146551, 23.228653
LON/LAT 23.228653, 38.146551

DMS 38° 8' 47.5836" N,23° 13' 43.1508" E

W3Wautomobiles, unwired, plucked
UTM34 S, 695292, 4224422
EGSA87 432263, 4222069

Elevation m49
Elevation feet 160.8
RegionMegaris





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Benson [1895], 324    '...many fragments of pottery of all styles, from early Dipylon down to red-figure. Man-headed birds, rosettes, and stars, formed the chief ornaments on the earliest of these.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Benson [1895]: 324, 'Several other pieces resembling Fikellura ware were also found, and bits of Boeotian geometric.'

NOTE

1.  Site contributed by Dr. Alex Knodell (Carleton College).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Benson [1895]:  Benson, E.F.. ‘Aegosthena’, Journal of Hellenic Studies (15) 314-324. 1895., '', pg. 324. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5221 is at 38.1475° N, 23.22396° E, a straight-line distance of 423.8 m.