Site details

Agiasmata

PK	C6989
TITLE	Agiasmata
WGS84	36.72317° N, 24.517311° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	36.72317, 24.517311
LON/LAT	24.517311, 36.72317

DMS

36° 43' 23.412" N

24° 31' 2.3196" E

W3W	obstruct, differences, twinning
UTM	35 S, 278281.91, 4067036.81
EGSA87	546046, 4064000

Elevation m	144
Elevation feet	472.4
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Melos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Lithics

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 318    'A stone house-model handed in from this region, E of Pelos, ... '
2.    Lithics.   Cherry [1982], 298    'The assemblage ... exclusively obsidian; ... '

SITE SIZE

- Cherry [1982]  p. 298,  Size: 1000 sq. m.  'c. 0.1 ha;'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Prehistoric: (4000 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Cherry [1982]: 298, 'Prehistoric?'

2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 318, ' ..., is probably EB and from a grave.', 'EB?'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Cherry [1982]: Cherry, John F.. ‘Appendix A: Register of Archaeological Sites on Melos’, In Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982] 291 - 309, '41. Agiasmata K993010', pg. 298.

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., 'Ayiasmata', pg. 318. Online here.