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Sta Nychia

PKC7014
TITLESta Nychia
WGS84 36.723951° N, 24.436616° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 36.723951, 24.436616
LON/LAT 24.436616, 36.723951

DMS 36° 43' 26.2236" N,24° 26' 11.8176" E

W3Winvaluable, lutes, invariably
UTM35 S, 271076.36, 4067313.38
EGSA87 538840, 4064051

Elevation m91
Elevation feet 298.6
RegionCyclades
SubregionMelos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Lithics

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Cherry [1982], 294    'Major obsidian upwelling on Cape Bombarda, ... '
2.    Pottery.   Cherry [1982], 294    ' ..., and only a handful of isolated geometric, ... sherds; ... '


SITE SIZE

- Cherry [1982]  p. 294,  Size: 900000 sq. m.  'c. 90.0 ha; ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Cherry [1982]: 294, 'Mesolithic to LB; ... '

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Cherry [1982]: 294, ' ...; (G); ... ', ' ..., and only a handful of isolated geometric, ... sherds; ... '

NOTE

1.  For a map of the sampling sites in this area see Renfrew and Wagstaff [1982] 317, Fig. 15.2.

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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, '10. Sta Nychia M920020', pg. 294.

2.  Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]:  Renfrew, Colin and Malcolm Wagstaff (eds.). An Island Polity; The archaeology of exploitation in Melos. Cambridge University Press. 1982., '',

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C7014 is at 36.72259° N, 24.43917° E, a straight-line distance of 274.2 m.