Site details
Acropolis (later Poseidion)
| PK | C5946 |
| TITLE | Acropolis (later Poseidion) |
| WGS84 | 35.51023° N, 27.217522° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.51023, 27.217522 |
| LON/LAT | 27.217522, 35.51023 |
| DMS | 35° 30' 36.828" N | , | 27° 13' 3.0792" E |
| W3W | awestruck, bribes, understanding |
| UTM | 35 S, 519725, 3929650 |
| EGSA87 | 791672, 3934101 |
| Elevation m | 40 |
| Elevation feet | 131.2 |
| Region | Dodecanese |
| Subregion | Karpathos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE hab
TYPE
1. hab. Melas [1985], 30 '...may have formed the fortified citadel of the Mycenaean, who would have taken advantage ...'2. Wall. Melas [1985], 30 'Stretches of these (walls, rhc) are still preserved under modern terrace walls, mainly on the eastern side ...'
SITE SIZE
- Melas [1985] p. 30, Size: 20000 sq. m. '... and covers an area of about two hundred metres east to west by one hundred metres north to south.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 30, 'One cannot exclude the possibility that the walls were built in the early Iron Age.'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Melas [1985]: Melas, Emmanuel. The Islands of Karpathos, Saros and Kasos in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg 1985., 'A12. Acropolis', pg. 30.