Site details

Astypalaia: Vathy: Elliniko

PK	C7107
TITLE	Astypalaia: Vathy: Elliniko
WGS84	36.617779° N, 26.395783° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.617779, 26.395783
LON/LAT	26.395783, 36.617779

DMS

36° 37' 4.0044" N

26° 23' 44.8188" E

W3W	doctored, equestrian, looker
UTM	35 S, 445970.96, 4052642.65
EGSA87	714100, 4054857

Elevation m	8
Elevation feet	26.2
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Astypalaia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    House.   Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 166    ' ... a roughly built house wall can be traced for about 2 m.'
2.    Lithics.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 365    'EB I(-II) sherds and obsidian were found ... '
3.    Settlement.   Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 166    'The promontory was also the site of a small Early Bronze Age settlement, which extended over the whole of the lower ground at the tip, ... '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 365    'EB I(-II) sherds and obsidian were found on the low ground at the tip of the promontory around the tower, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Lazenby [1973]  p. 166,  Size: 4000 sq. m.  ' ..., an area about 80 m. east-west by 50 m.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 365,  Size: 4000 sq. m.  ' ..., over an area c. 80 m. E-W by 50 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age I: (3300 BC - 3000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 365, 'EB I(-II) sherds and obsidian were found ... '

2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 166, ' ... and Early Bronze Age sherds ... '

3. Early Bronze Age II: (3000 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 365, 'EB I(-II) sherds and obsidian were found ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: Simpson, Richard Hope and J.F. Lazenby. ‘Notes from the Dodecanese III’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 68, pp. 127-179, 1973., 'Vathy: Elliniko', pg. 166. Online here.

2. 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., 'Vathy: Elliniko', pg. 365. Online here.