Tell of Sitagroi (Toumba Alistratiou or Photoleivos)
| PK | C7036 |
| TITLE | Tell of Sitagroi (Toumba Alistratiou or Photoleivos) |
| WGS84 | 41.081675° N, 24.023435° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 41.081675, 24.023435 |
| LON/LAT | 24.023435, 41.081675 |
| DMS | 41° 4' 54.03" N | , | 24° 1' 24.366" E |
| W3W | allegation, taints, faunas |
| UTM | 35 T, 249960.06, 4552093.91 |
| EGSA87 | 501820, 4547539 |
| Elevation m | 63 |
| Elevation feet | 206.7 |
| Region | Macedonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Buildings. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980], 100 'An apsidal Early Bronze Age house ... '2. Buildings. AR[1968], 26 ' ..., a large building - at least 20 metres in length - was identified, ... ' A photo of this building which is elsewhere reported as 'apsidal' is presented in AR[1968] 26, Fig. 28.
3. Buildings. AR[1969], 22 ' ... an Early Bronze Age house ... ' This is the apsidal house which is also depicted in a photo from AR[1969] 22, Fig. 39.
4. Settlement. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980], 100 ' ... excavated a prehistoric settlement ... '
5. Settlement. AR[1968], 25 'Excavations at the large tell of 'Alistratiou Toumb' at Photolivos were begun in 1968 by Dr. A.C. Renfrew of the University of Sheffield, ... '
6. Settlement. AR[1969], 22 'Excavations were resumed at the prehistoric settlement mound of Sitagroi-Photolivos in 1969 by Dr. A.C. Renfrew and Professor Marija Gimbutas ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 100, 'An apsidal Early Bronze Age house about 18 m long was excavated, ... '
b. AR[1968]: 26, 'A large area of the Early Bronze Age deposits was exposed at the top of the mound ... '
c. AR[1969]: 22, 'The walls of an Early Bronze Age house were detected there during 1968.'
2. Troy I: (2950 BC - 2350 BC)
a. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 100, ' ... and correlations were established with Paradimi and Dikili-Tash I, and later with Troy I.' In this atlas Dikili-Tash = C7026.
b. AR[1968]: 25, 'The fifth phase contains Troy I materials, ... '
NOTES
1. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980] 100 have this site "3 km northwest of Sitagroi, ... " It is, in fact, almost exactly 3 km directly S of Sitagroi.
2. This important site was investigated in the late 1960's by Colin Renfrew and Marija Gimbrutas. Volume I of their report (Renfrew et al. [1986]) may be found online here. Volume II (Renfrew and Elster [2003]) may be obtained economically from online sellers. There is a very informative review of Vol. 2 by J. Muhly for the Bryn Mawr Classical Review here.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. AR[1969]: Archaeological Reports. The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (16) 1969-1970., 'Nome of Drama. Sitagroi-Photolivos.', pg. 22.
Online here.
2. AR[1968]: Archaeological Reports. The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (15) 1968-1969., 'Nome of Drama. Photolivos.', pg. 25.
Online here.
3. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: Leekley, Dorothy and Nicholas Efstratiou. Archaeological Excavations in Northern Greece. Noyes Press, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1980, 'Sitagroi (Drama)', pg. 99.
4. Renfrew and Elster [2003]: Renfrew, Colin and Ernestine Elster. Prehistoric Sitagroi; Excavations in Northeast Greece, 1968-1970. Volume 2: The Final Report. Monumenta Archaeologica 20, UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, Los Angeles, CA. 2003., '',
5. Renfrew et al. [1986]: Renfrew, Colin, Marija Gimbutas and Ernestine Elster. Excavations at Sitagroi: A Prehistoric Village in Northeast Greece Volume 1. Monumenta Archaeologica 13, UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, Los Angeles, CA. 1986., '', Online here.