Site details

Thera: Phira (Thira)

PK	C7114
TITLE	Thera: Phira (Thira)
WGS84	36.410972° N, 25.431026° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	36.410972, 25.431026
LON/LAT	25.431026, 36.410972

DMS

36° 24' 39.4992" N

25° 25' 51.6936" E

W3W	platoons, iron, defies
UTM	35 S, 359324.19, 4030676.28
EGSA87	628158, 4030196

Elevation m	147
Elevation feet	482.3
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Thera

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 345    ' ... contained a KS figurine and apparently EM II stone bowl.'
2.    Artifacts.   Renfrew [2011], 11549    'The finds include a steatite bowl, perhaps Minoan, and a folded arm figurine ... '
3.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 345    'Graves excavated here under the pumice in the quarries to S of Thera town ... '
4.    Cem.   Renfrew [2011], 11549    'Early Cycladic cist graves ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Renfrew [2011]: 11549, 'Early Cycladic cist graves ... '

2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 345, 'EB (KS)'

3. Keros-Syros: (2600 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 345, 'EB (KS)'
    b.    Renfrew [2011]: 11549, ' ... assignable to the Keros-Syros culture.'

NOTE

1. Page numbers in Renfrew [2011] are, in actuality, location numbers in the electronic edition, ISBN 978-1-78570-773-5

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Renfrew [2011]: Renfrew, Colin. The Emergence of Civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millenium BC. Oxbow Books. Second ed., 2011 (First edition 1972), '1. Phira', pg. 11549. 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., 'Phira', pg. 345. Online here.