Site details

Leros: Partheni: Ta Poundaria

PK	C7111
TITLE	Leros: Partheni: Ta Poundaria
WGS84	37.188483° N, 26.804299° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.188483, 26.804299
LON/LAT	26.804299, 37.188483

DMS

37° 11' 18.5388" N

26° 48' 15.4764" E

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UTM	35 S, 482630.36, 4115799.67
EGSA87	748778, 4119177

Elevation m	9
Elevation feet	29.5
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Leros

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Simpson and Lazenby [1970], 52    'Two obsidian scraps were also found.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 367    'The sherds found are from jars and pithoi ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Lazenby [1970], 52    ' ... some sherds of prehistoric coarse ware, from jars and pithoi.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 367,  Size: 3200 sq. m.  'The site is only 80 m NNW-SSE by 40 m., but may have been partly eroded by the sea.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age I: (3300 BC - 3000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 367, ' ... jars and pithoi of EB I type.'

2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Lazenby [1970]: 52, 'The sherds presumably belong to the Early or Middle Bronze Age, ... '

3. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Lazenby [1970]: 52, 'The sherds presumably belong to the Early or Middle Bronze Age, ... '

NOTE

1. For a discussion of the location and nature of the site see the blog post here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Simpson and Lazenby [1970]: Simpson, Richard Hope and J.F. Lazenby. ‘Notes from the Dodecanese II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (65), pp. 47-77, 1970., 'Leros: Partheni', pg. 52. 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., 'Partheni: Ta Poundaria etc.', pg. 367. Online here.