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Kampos

PKC6944
TITLEKampos
WGS84 36.69515° N, 24.478061° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 36.69515, 24.478061
LON/LAT 24.478061, 36.69515

DMS 36° 41' 42.54" N,24° 28' 41.0196" E

W3Wwinger, talcum, singled
UTM35 S, 274694.17, 4064019.36
EGSA87 542557, 4060874

Elevation m6
Elevation feet 19.7
RegionCyclades
SubregionMelos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Cherry [1982], 303    'It appears as a heavy pottery scatter across three terraced fields ... '


SITE SIZE

- Cherry [1982]  p. 303,  Size: 6000 sq. m.  'c. 0.6 ha; ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Cherry [1982]: 303, ' ..., all the pottery appears to be geometric, ... '

2. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Cherry [1982]: 303, ' ..., mostly late geometric, ... '

NOTES

1.  The location given in Cherry [1983] 303: 'The site lies c. 200 m. due south of a point a third of the way along the airport runway from its eastern end; ... '

2.  About this site Cherry [1983] 303 says: ' ..., it may well be identical with that reported by Bintliff (site 68).' Site 68 in Cherry is C6943 in this atlas, just to the north and associated with the salt pans.

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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, '70. Kampos K956987', pg. 303.

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

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6944 is at 36.70072° N, 24.46794° E, a straight-line distance of 1 km and 96 m.