Toumba of Thessalonika or Kalamaria Toumba
| PK | C7041 |
| TITLE | Toumba of Thessalonika or Kalamaria Toumba |
| WGS84 | 40.618423° N, 22.971622° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 40.618423, 22.971622 |
| LON/LAT | 22.971622, 40.618423 |
| DMS | 40° 37' 6.3228" N | , | 22° 58' 17.8392" E |
| W3W | puppy, sweeter, evenings |
| UTM | 34 T, 666774.09, 4498268.27 |
| EGSA87 | 412865, 4496622 |
| Elevation m | 68 |
| Elevation feet | 223.1 |
| Region | Macedonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Mound
TYPE
1. Mound. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980], 101 'Above Kalamaria on the southeast side of Thessaloniki, ..., are a toumba and tables ... '2. Mound. French [1967], 13 'Topography: mound, on sloping ground; ... '
3. Pottery. Rey [1921], 105 ' ... nous avons remarqué des débris de pithoi encore en place.'
4. Pottery. Aslaksen [2013], 102 'The first Mycenaean pottery was of a Late Helladic III A1 type, ... ' , 'while Mycenaean pottery became more common in the decorated pottery assemblage from phase V and towards the end of the Late Bronze Age ... '
5. Sherds. Simpson [1981], 180 'The six Mycenaean surface sherds recorded by French are said to include one of LH I or LH II date. Only one sherd of local LB is listed.'
6. Sherds. Rey [1921], 104 'On y trouve cependant des tessons céramiques.'
7. Sherds. French [1967], 59 'Myc - LH I/II: 5; LH III: 6-10'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 101, 'Traces of occupation throughout the Bronze Age were found ... '
2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 180, 'N EB MB LB LH I or II? LH III'
b. French [1967]: 59, 'EB - EB 2: 3'
3. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 180, 'N EB MB LB LH I or II? LH III'
b. Aslaksen [2013]: 102, 'Somewhat earlier Minyan pottery was adopted in the Middle Bronze Age ... '
c. French [1967]: 59, 'MB - GM: 4'
4. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 180, 'N EB MB LB LH I or II? LH III'
b. French [1967]: 59, 'Myc - LH I/II: ... '
5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 180, 'N EB MB LB LH I or II? LH III'
b. French [1967]: 59, 'Myc - LH I/II: ... '
6. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 180, 'N EB MB LB LH I or II? LH III'
b. Aslaksen [2013]: 102, , 'while Mycenaean pottery became more common in the decorated pottery assemblage from phase V and towards the end of the Late Bronze Age ... '
c. French [1967]: 59, 'LB - Brown b.: 11; ... '
7. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 180, 'N EB MB LB LH I or II? LH III'
b. French [1967]: 59, 'Myc - ... LH III: 6-10'
8. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
a. Aslaksen [2013]: 102, 'The first Mycenaean pottery was of a Late Helladic III A1 type, ... '
9. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
a. French [1967]: 59, 'IA & later: 15-17'
10. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Aslaksen [2013]: 102, ' ..., and just as at Kastanas, Mycenaean pottery was most frequent in the Late Helladic IIIC period ... '
NOTES
1. The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) sponsors the official site for the Toumba of Thessalonika. On this site the reader will find valuable maps, photographs, and a bibliography with some titles downloadable as .pdfs.
2. See the detailed sketch map of the toumba with its surrounding area (as it was a century ago) in Rey [1921] 100, fig. 82. And following p. 101 a fine detailed sketch map of the toumba itself.
3. French [1967] 13 says of this toumba: ' ... often called 'Hagios Elias' in early references.' For example in Fimmen, Die Kretisch-Mykenische Kultur [1924] 95: 'Saloniki. Mykenische Scherben auf dem H. Eliashügel am Rande des Stadtgebiets ... '
Fimmen is online here.
4. The Mycenaean Atlas Project would like to thank Dr. Stratos Nanoglou of the University of Thessalonika for making available a copy of French [1967] which would have been otherwise difficult to obtain.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Aslaksen [2013]: Aslaksen, Ole Christian . Global and local in Late Bronze Age Central Macedonia; Economy, mobility and identity. Gotarc Series B. Archaeological Theses 61, University of Gothenburg; Department of Historical Studies, Sweden, '7.3.0 Toumba Thessaloniki', pg. 102.
Online here.
2. French [1967]: French, D.H.. Index of Prehistoric Sites in Central Macedonia and Catalogue of Sherd Material in The University of Thessaloniki. Athens, 'Kalamaria S 1', pg. 13.
3. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: Leekley, Dorothy and Nicholas Efstratiou. Archaeological Excavations in Northern Greece. Noyes Press, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1980, 'Above Kalamaria on the southeast side of Thessaloniki, ..., are a toumba amd tables ... ', pg. 101.
4. Rey [1921]: Rey, Léon. Observations sur les premiers habitats de la Macédoine; Recueillies par le Service Archéologique de l'Armée d'Orient; 1916-1919 (Région de Salonique). E. De Boccard, Paris, '3. - Kalamaria (Toumba sur tables.', pg. 100.
Online here.
5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'L 18 Kalamaria', pg. 180.
DH French, CM No. S 1
Online here.