Site details

Tower of Melissourgos: Cem

PK	C5226
TITLE	Tower of Melissourgos: Cem
WGS84	37.788003° N, 23.913976° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	37.788003, 23.913976
LON/LAT	23.913976, 37.788003

DMS

37° 47' 16.8108" N

23° 54' 50.3136" E

W3W	staggering, clout, elapse
UTM	34 S, 756602, 4186294
EGSA87	492277, 4182010

Elevation m	56
Elevation feet	183.7
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   BCH Online, 2227    'Excavation begun in 1996 in the Late Geometric to fourth-century BC cemetery ...'
2.    Cem.   AR[2002], 10    'A. Tsaravopoulos (ADelt, 86) reports on investigations of a looted cemetery of LGeo-Cl date.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 2227, '... the Late Geometric to fourth-century BC cemetery ...'
    b.    AR[2002]: 10, '...cemetery of LGeo-Cl times had been thoroughly pillaged.'

2. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 2227, '... the Late Geometric to fourth-century BC cemetery ...'
    b.    AR[2002]: 10, '...cemetery of LGeo-Cl times had been thoroughly pillaged.'

NOTE

1. Although I do not know the exact site of this cemetery, the Google Earth images of 4/13/2013 and 10/11/2014 show what appear to be archaeological digs at this place which is just to the NW of the Melissourgos Tower.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, ''Phoinikia site (Melissourgou-Kouroupi estates ...'', no. 2227. Online here. Online here.

2. AR[2002]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (49) 2002., 'Kalyvia Thorikou, Phoinikia', pg. 10. Online here.