Site details

Anavyssos: Ayios Nikolaos

PK	C6674
TITLE	Anavyssos: Ayios Nikolaos
WGS84	37.715796° N, 23.92422° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.715796, 23.92422
LON/LAT	23.92422, 37.715796

DMS

37° 42' 56.8656" N

23° 55' 27.192" E

W3W	electric, admiral, saunas
UTM	34 S, 757755, 4178309
EGSA87	493172, 4173998

Elevation m	38
Elevation feet	124.7
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 208    'This area ... comprised the extent of the MH settlement, ... '
2.    Tomb.   Phialon [2011], 138    'Sur la côte ouest, à Anavyssos-Haghios Nikolaos, des sépultures en pithos ont été dégagées ... '
3.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 208    'Cist tombs have been eroded by the sea both on the E and the W sides of the neck, and a mass of fine MH pottery is found near them.'
4.    Tomb.   Cavanagh and Mee [1998], 37    'Cists'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 208,  Size: 1000 sq. m.  ' ..., perhaps 10,000 sq. m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 208, ' ... the extent of the MH settlement, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 208, ' ... and a mass of fine MH pottery is found near them.'
    c.    Cavanagh and Mee [1998]: 37, 'The Middle Helladic Period'
    d.    Phialon [2011]: 138, ' ... près de restes de constructions HM.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Cavanagh and Mee [1998]: Cavanagh, William and Christopher Mee. A Private Place: Death in Prehistoric Greece. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology (CCXXV). Paul Aströms Förlag, Jonsered. Sweden. 1998., 'Pit and Cist Graves', pg. 36.

2. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.3.1.20. La pointe sud de l'Attique', pg. 137.

3. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'F 23 Anavyssos: Ayios Nikolaos', pg. 208. Online here.