Site details

Aniforo: Settlement

PK	C7118
TITLE	Aniforo: Settlement
WGS84	36.334628° N, 27.946089° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	36.334628, 27.946089
LON/LAT	27.946089, 36.334628

DMS

36° 20' 4.6608" N

27° 56' 45.9204" E

W3W	potently, bath, manipulator
UTM	35 S, 584908.23, 4021480
EGSA87	854080, 4028010

Elevation m	39
Elevation feet	128
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Rhodes

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 351    'The impression given by the spread of sherds and the predominance of coarse wares is that this was a settlement site as well as a cemetery.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 351    ' ... immediately below the thin ridge of Aniforo prehistoric and later sherds are scattered ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 351,  Size: 13500 sq. m.  ' ... are scattered over an area c. 150 m. E-W by 90 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 351, ' ..., and some which appear to be MB.'

2. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 351, 'Some of the latter resemble MM III.'

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 351, 'They include LH III(A2-B), G, ... '

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 351, 'They include LH III(A2-B), G, ... '

5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 351, 'They include LH III(A2-B), G, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., 'Kalavarda: Aniforo', pg. 351. Online here.