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Kamares Hill: Quarry

PKC5230
TITLEKamares Hill: Quarry
WGS84 38.457298° N, 23.614277° E
Accuracy 50 m.

LAT/LON 38.457298, 23.614277
LON/LAT 23.614277, 38.457298

DMS 38° 27' 26.2728" N,23° 36' 51.3972" E

W3Wcurries, larger, bands
UTM34 S, 728112, 4259793
EGSA87 466197, 4256338

Elevation m55
Elevation feet 180.4
RegionEuboea





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Sackett et al. [1966], 59    'Boardman's exploration at the modern quarry site on the west slope produced evidence of ... occupation.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 59, '...evidence of Protogeometric, Geometric, Archaic, ... occupation.'

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 59, '...evidence of Protogeometric, Geometric, Archaic, ... occupation.'

3. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 59, '...evidence of Protogeometric, Geometric, Archaic, ... occupation.'

NOTE

1.  The marker was placed at the 'modern quarry site' on the west slope of the Kamares hill. See Sackett [1966] p. 59, no. 42.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Sackett et al. [1966]:  Sackett, L.H., and V. Hankey, R.J. Howell, T.W. Jacobsen, M.R. Popham. ‘Prehistoric Euboea: Contributions toward a Survey’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, pp. 33-112, [1966], '42. Chalkis: Kamares Hill', pg. 59. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5230 is at 38.45425° N, 23.61237° E, a straight-line distance of 377.3 m.