Site details

Mavrispilia

PK	C7125
TITLE	Mavrispilia
WGS84	37.47321° N, 25.360386° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.47321, 25.360386
LON/LAT	25.360386, 37.47321

DMS

37° 28' 23.556" N

25° 21' 37.3896" E

W3W	aflutter, fuzzily, minibus
UTM	35 S, 355017.45, 4148631.47
EGSA87	620142, 4147950

Elevation m	36
Elevation feet	118.1
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Mykonos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherd

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Belmont and Renfrew [1964], 395    'A ground and polished stone axe was found on terrace G ... '
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 308    ' ..., but one apparently GP sherd is reported.'
3.    Sherds.   Belmont and Renfrew [1964], 395    'Sherds and artifacts were found scattered widely at the north and narrower end of the ridge.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Belmont and Renfrew [1964]: 400, ' ... and on the Cycladic Bronze Age in general, ... '

2. Grotta-Pelos: (3000 BC - 2600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 308, ' ..., but one apparently GP sherd is reported.'

NOTE

1. For the locations of these several sherd deposits see the sketch map in Belmont and Renfrew [1964], Plate 123 (Fig. 1.) and the very clear photograph (Fig. 2.) on that same plate.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Belmont and Renfrew [1964]: Belmont, John S. and Colin Renfrew. ‘Two Prehistoric Sites on Mykonos’, American Journal of Archaeology (68:Oct), 395-400. 1964., 'Mavrispilia', pg. 395. 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., 'Mavrispilia', pg. 308. Online here.