Site details

Spathi

PK	C6999
TITLE	Spathi
WGS84	36.677674° N, 24.526254° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	36.677674, 24.526254
LON/LAT	24.526254, 36.677674

DMS

36° 40' 39.6264" N

24° 31' 34.5144" E

W3W	ambulances, scoped, agenda
UTM	35 S, 278950.38, 4061968.02
EGSA87	546872, 4058957

Elevation m	87
Elevation feet	285.4
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Melos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 316    'Rock-cut tombs very similar in appearance to those of Phylakopi have been found on this cape ... '
2.    Hab.   Cherry [1982], 301    'HAB.'
3.    Pottery.   Cherry [1982], 301    'The majority of the material belongs late in the early bronze age ...', 'There are several examples of Urfirnis sherds, 'dark washed' wares, collared jars, slashed pithos handles, raised 'rope' bands, flattened lugs, ribbed body-sherds and ... '

SITE SIZE

-   p. 301,  Size: 10000 sq. m.  'Max. 1.0 ha; ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Keros-Syros: (2600 BC - 2200 BC)

2. Phylakopi I: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 316, 'Phyl I ... '

3. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 316, ' ... or MB?'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Cherry [1982]: Cherry, John F.. ‘Appendix A: Register of Archaeological Sites on Melos’, In Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982] 291 - 309, '60. Spathi K997972', pg. 301.

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., 'Cape Spathi (Fournakia)', pg. 316. Online here.