Site details

Paros: Levkais

PK	C6956
TITLE	Paros: Levkais
WGS84	37.055511° N, 25.208135° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	37.055511, 25.208135
LON/LAT	25.208135, 37.055511

DMS

37° 3' 19.8396" N

25° 12' 29.286" E

W3W	novel, symmetries, reopening
UTM	35 S, 340675.7, 4102531.95
EGSA87	607271, 4101425

Elevation m	204
Elevation feet	669.3
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Paros

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Renfrew [2011], 11316    'Cist graves reported by Tsountas ... '
2.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 320    'Cists and GP finds are reported from this site ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Grotta-Pelos: (3000 BC - 2600 BC)
    a.    Renfrew [2011]: 11316, 'Finds known from Levkais are of the Grotta-Pelos culture ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 320, 'Cists and GP finds are reported from this site ... '

NOTES

1. Page numbers in Renfrew [2011] are, in actuality, location numbers in the electronic edition, ISBN 978-1-78570-773-5

2. Colin Renfrew in 'The Development and Chronology of the Early Cycladic Figurines', American Journal of Archaeology(73) p. 6, Jan. 1969, places one of the Cycladic figures found here in the 'Plastiras' group. It is online here as no. II.2 of section II, 'The Plastiras type'.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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), '8. Levkais', pg. 11316. Online here.

2. 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., 'Lefkais', pg. 320. Online here.