Site details

Xylokeratia

PK	C6940
TITLE	Xylokeratia
WGS84	36.65945° N, 24.362185° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.65945, 24.362185
LON/LAT	24.362185, 36.65945

DMS

36° 39' 34.02" N

24° 21' 43.866" E

W3W	additionally, universally, droop
UTM	35 S, 264230.93, 4060336.83
EGSA87	532220, 4056868

Elevation m	126
Elevation feet	413.4
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Melos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Cherry [1982], 307    'One or two handmade sherds, and a single (?) Mycenaean kylix stem ... '
2.    Sherds.   Schallin [1993], 19    'A single Mycenaean kylix stem was found ... '

SITE SIZE

- Cherry [1982]  p. 307,  Size: 20000 sq. m.  'c. 2.0 ha; ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Cherry [1982]: 307, ' ..., and a single (?) Mycenaean kylix stem ... '
    b.    Schallin [1993]: 19, 'A single Mycenaean kylix stem ... '

2. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 19, 'The sherd indicates middle LBA activity.'

3. Late Cycladic III: (1420 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 19, 'The sherd indicates middle LBA activity.'

NOTE

1. Schallin [1993] 8, table 1, defines 'middle LBA' as encompassing LCIII.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Cherry [1982]: Cherry, John F.. ‘Appendix A: Register of Archaeological Sites on Melos’, In Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982] 291 - 309, '98. Xylokeratia M851953', pg. 307.

2. Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: Renfrew, Colin and Malcolm Wagstaff (eds.). An Island Polity; The archaeology of exploitation in Melos. Cambridge University Press. 1982., '',

3. Schallin [1993]: Schallin, Ann-Louise. Islands under Influence: The Cyclades in the Late Bronze Age and the Nature of Mycenaean Presence.. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, no. 111. Jonsered 1993, '29. Xylokeratia', pg. 19.