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Avessalos

PKC6761
TITLEAvessalos
WGS84 37.157335° N, 24.433608° E
Accuracy 100 m.

LAT/LON 37.157335, 24.433608
LON/LAT 24.433608, 37.157335

DMS 37° 9' 26.406" N,24° 26' 0.9888" E

W3Wburied, saltwater, hind
UTM35 S, 272103.09, 4115410.3
EGSA87 538353, 4112126

Elevation m106
Elevation feet 347.8
RegionCyclades
SubregionSeriphos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Metallurgy

TYPE

1.    Metallurgy.   Philaniotou et al. [2011], 160    'Avessalos is by far the largest slag heap presently known on the island and more broadly in the Cyclades.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Philaniotou et al. [2011]: 162, 'A few EBA sherds have been identified at Phourni and Avessalos ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Betancourt and Ferrence, eds. [2011]:  Betancourt, Philip P. and Susan C. Ferrence. Metallurgy: Understanding How, Learning Why. Studies in Honor of James D. Muhly. INSTAP Academic Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2011., '',

2.  Philaniotou et al. [2011]:  Philaniotou, Olga and Yannis Bassiakos, Myrto Georgakopoulou. ‘Early Bronze Age Copper Smelting on Seriphos (Cyclades, Greece)’, In Betancourt and Ferrence, eds. [2011], 157 - 164, 'Avessalos', pg. 160. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6761 is at 37.16022° N, 24.43404° E, a straight-line distance of 323 m.