Site details

Paros: Glypha

PK	C6959
TITLE	Paros: Glypha
WGS84	36.985609° N, 25.190741° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	36.985609, 25.190741
LON/LAT	25.190741, 36.985609

DMS

36° 59' 8.1924" N

25° 11' 26.6676" E

W3W	transplants, teeters, massage
UTM	35 S, 338981.46, 4094805.7
EGSA87	605821, 4093650

Elevation m	24
Elevation feet	78.7
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Paros

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Karantzali [1996], 31    Karantzali reports anthropomorphic figurines of violin shape, statuettes with arms crossed, lithics.
2.    Cem.   Karantzali [1996], 31    'Sur ce site, Tsountas a fouill près de dix tombes à ciste ... '
3.    Cem.   Renfrew [2011], 11332    'Cemetery of the Grotta-Pelos culture, where Tsountas (1898, 139 and 155) excavated ten graves.'
4.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 321    '10 GP cists were excavated, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Cycladic I: (3200 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Karantzali [1996]: , ' ... qui datent de la fin du CA I ("groupe de Plastiras").'

2. Grotta-Pelos: (3000 BC - 2600 BC)
    a.    Renfrew [2011]: 11332, 'Cemetery of the Grotta-Pelos culture, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 321, '10 GP cists were excavated, ... '

NOTES

1.  The position used here for Glypha was computed by working from the position of Pyrgos (C6950), which is known. Renfrew [2011] gives the position of Pyrgos as 630, 290. Likewise the position for Glypha given by Renfrew is 605, 283. Renfrew has used positions based on the 1:50,000, AEGEAN Series maps issued by the Geographical Section, General Staff, no. 4468. These were issued in 1944 and were not available to me. The reference system is, however, easy to understand. The coordinates are meter offsets from some origin in lon/lat form. For example the position of the Glypha site relative to Pyrgos (as I said, this position is known) is 2500 m. W and 700 m. S. This should be sufficient to give the position of Glypha to within 100 m.

2.  Simpson and Dickinson [1979] 321 have the site as 'less than 1 km. SW of Galana Krimna.' Galana Krimna is C6957 in this atlas.

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

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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, 'Glypha', pg. 31. 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), '17. Glypha', pg. 11332. 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., 'Glypha', pg. 321. Online here.