Site details

Alykes

PK	C6986
TITLE	Alykes
WGS84	36.697627° N, 24.479241° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.697627, 24.479241
LON/LAT	24.479241, 36.697627

DMS

36° 41' 51.4572" N

24° 28' 45.2676" E

W3W	banally, candidate, apartment
UTM	35 S, 274806.84, 4064291.43
EGSA87	542661, 4061149

Elevation m	2
Elevation feet	6.6
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Melos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Weapon

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Cherry [1982], 303    'The few associated sherds were of archaic ... date.'
2.    Weapon.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 318    'A bronze spearhead, 48 cm. long, reported from here ... '
3.    Weapon.   Cherry [1982], 303    ' ... a well-preserved large bronze spearhead at a depth of 3 m, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 318, ' ... may be of LB date.', 'LB?'

2. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Cherry [1982]: 303, 'The few associated sherds were of archaic ... date.'

NOTE

1. Topoguide shows a well in this position.

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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, '69. Alykes K958988', 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., '',

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., 'Alyki', pg. 318. Online here.