Site details
Demenegaki (Obsidian)
| PK | C6995 |
| TITLE | Demenegaki (Obsidian) |
| WGS84 | 36.712117° N, 24.537226° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 36.712117, 24.537226 |
| LON/LAT | 24.537226, 36.712117 |
| DMS | 36° 42' 43.6212" N | , | 24° 32' 14.0136" E |
| W3W | horsehair, duke, jangle |
| UTM | 35 S, 280029.22, 4065764.46 |
| EGSA87 | 547831, 4062784 |
| Elevation m | 249 |
| Elevation feet | 816.9 |
| Region | Cyclades |
| Subregion | Melos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Lithics
TYPE
1. Lithics. Cherry [1982], 299 'Major obsidian upwelling and quarry on the rolling uplands north of the NATO tower, ... ' The NATO tower is F5965.SITE SIZE
- Cherry [1982] p. 299, Size: 800000 sq. m. 'c. 80.0 ha; ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Cherry [1982]: 299, 'LN to LB (and almost certianly earlier and later) ... '
NOTE
1. A large area dotted with obsidian chipping floors and small caves mining obsidian seams. See the description in Cherry [1982] 299, no. 45.'
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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, '45. Demenegaki (Obsidian Source) K013005', pg. 299.
2. Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: Renfrew, Colin and Malcolm Wagstaff (eds.). An Island Polity; The archaeology of exploitation in Melos. Cambridge University Press. 1982., '',