Site details

Paros: Pyrgos

PK	C6950
TITLE	Paros: Pyrgos
WGS84	36.992089° N, 25.21862° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	36.992089, 25.21862
LON/LAT	25.21862, 36.992089

DMS

36° 59' 31.5204" N

25° 13' 7.032" E

W3W	pregnancies, daredevil, silt
UTM	35 S, 341476.28, 4095477.85
EGSA87	608293, 4094401

Elevation m	6
Elevation feet	19.7
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Paros

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Renfrew [2011], 11320    'Important settlement and cemetery of the Grotta-Pelos culture excavated by Tsountas ... '
2.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 321    'A large cemetery nearby, of 58 cists, includes GP and KS graves; ... '
3.    Pottery.   Karantzali [1996], 30    Karantzali mentions that among Tsountas' discoveries are small conical bowls, fragments of pithoi and pithoidal jars, a footed cup (la grande coupe a pied), and a fruit bowl (compotier).
4.    Settlement.   Karantzali [1996], 30    'Le site d'habitat très important de Pyrgos ... ', 'Tsountas a découvert des vestiges de maisons ... '
5.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 321    'An important settlement here on the SE coast ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Cycladic I: (3200 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Karantzali [1996]: 30, ' ... de la fin de la période du CA I ... '

2. Grotta-Pelos: (3000 BC - 2600 BC)
    a.    Renfrew [2011]: 11320, ' ... of the Grotta-Pelos culture ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 320, 'GP KS'

3. Keros-Syros: (2600 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 320, 'GP KS'

NOTE

1. Page numbers given for Renfrew [2011] (rep. 2017) are in actuality location numbers for the electronic edition (ISBN: 978-1-78570-773-5 (epub)).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Karantzali [1996]: Karantzali, Efi. Le Bronze Ancien dans les Cyclades et en Crete; Les relations entre les deux regions; Influence de la Grece Continentale. BAR International Series 631, 'Pyrgos', pg. 30. Online here.

2. Renfrew [2011]: Renfrew, Colin. The Emergence of Civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millenium BC. Oxbow Books. Second ed., 2011 (First edition 1972), ''13. Pyrgos'', pg. 11320. Online here.

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., 'Pyrgos', pg. 320. Online here.