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Hypsele

PKC5794
TITLEHypsele
WGS84 37.842303° N, 24.794681° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.842303, 24.794681
LON/LAT 24.794681, 37.842303

DMS 37° 50' 32.2908" N,24° 47' 40.8516" E

W3Wprevent, later, themselves
UTM35 S, 305953, 4190610
EGSA87 569772, 4188328

Elevation m130
Elevation feet 426.5
RegionCyclades
SubregionAndros





GENERAL SITE TYPE  hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Televantou [2012], 83    'On the west coast of Andros there are two large fortified cities of the Geometric period, at Hypsele and at Zagora...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Protogeometric: (950 BC - 925 BC)
    a.    Televantou [2012]: 83, 'The site ... extends over the top of the Hypsele hill ...and according to the available evidence was founded at least as early as the Sub-Protogeometric/Middle Geometric period (9th - mid-8th century BC).'

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Televantou [2012]: 83, 'The site ... extends over the top of the Hypsele hill ...and according to the available evidence was founded at least as early as the Sub-Protogeometric/Middle Geometric period (9th - mid-8th century BC).'

3. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Televantou [2012]: 86, 'It (the temple, RHC) operated with modifiations, renovations, and extensions until the second quarter of the 5th century BC, ...', 'During the Archaic period (lte 7th - early 6th century BC) the sanctuary was fully renovated and expanded ...'

NOTE

1.  See the informative photos and diagrams in Televantou [2012]., Plates 10-13.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Televantou [2012]:  Televantou, Christina A.. ‘Hypsele on Andros: The Geometric Phase’, Mediterranean Archaeology (25), pp. 88-87, 2012., '', pg. 83. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5794 is at 37.83985° N, 24.7928° E, a straight-line distance of 318.8 m.