Site details

Andros: Strofilas

PK	C7016
TITLE	Andros: Strofilas
WGS84	37.780222° N, 24.855633° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.780222, 24.855633
LON/LAT	24.855633, 37.780222

DMS

37° 46' 48.7992" N

24° 51' 20.2788" E

W3W	photo, spool, clearance
UTM	35 S, 311158.72, 4183596.16
EGSA87	575198, 4181488

Elevation m	134
Elevation feet	439.6
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Andros

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Koutsoukou [1992:2], 460    'Chipped stone is abundant and includes obsidian tanged points and leave shaped and triangular points of altered rhyolite.'
2.    Settlement.   Liritzis [2010], 1367    'The recently excavated coastal prehistoric settlement of Strofilas on Andros Island ... '
3.    Sherds.   Koutsoukou [1992:2], 460    ' ... I noticed sherds with red burnished surfaces, similar to the pottery from Kephala.'

SITE SIZE

- Liritzis [2010]  p. 1368,  Size: 30000 sq. m.  ' ..., stretching roughly 2.5 - 3.0 ha in the center of the valley plateau of Strofilas ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Liritzis [2010]: 1368, ' ... to the latter part of the Early Bronze Age, ... '
    b.    Liritzis [2010]: 1375, ' ..., one of the best preserved settlements of this age in the Aegean, has been dated to the Final Neolithic/Early Bronze Age using luminescence and obsidian hydration dating, ... '

2. Early Cycladic I: (3200 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Koutsoukou [1992:2]: 460, 'These characteristic finds indicate a date for the site at the end of the Neolithic period and the very beginning of the EC period.'

NOTE

1. In Table 1 on p. 1368 the author defines his use of the phrase 'Early Bronze Age' as 'ca. 3100/3200 - ca. 2000' B.C.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Koutsoukou [1992:2]: Koutsoukou, Anthi. An Archaeological Survey in North-West Andros, Cyclades (Part II). PhD Dissertation prepared for University of Edinburgh, '1. Strophylas', pg. 460. Online here.

2. Liritzis [2010]: Liritzis, Ioannis. ‘Strofilas (Andros Island, Greece): New evidence for the cycladic final neolithic period through novel dating methods using luminescence and obsidian hydration’, Journal of Archaeological Science (37:6), pp. 1367-1377. 2010., '', Online here.