Site details

Melanes

PK	C7153
TITLE	Melanes
WGS84	37.080227° N, 25.438643° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	37.080227, 25.438643
LON/LAT	25.438643, 37.080227

DMS

37° 4' 48.8172" N

25° 26' 19.1148" E

W3W	bobbing, frescos, frowned
UTM	35 S, 361217.95, 4104912.56
EGSA87	627726, 4104452

Elevation m	187
Elevation feet	613.5
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Naxos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 328    'A small group of graves was found here, ... '
2.    Cem.   Renfrew [2011], 11389    'Stephanos investigated a small group of Early Cycladic graves near the village ... '
3.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 328    ' ..., most provided with plain pyxides.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Renfrew [2011]: 11389, ' ... a small group of Early Cycladic graves ... '

2. Grotta-Pelos: (3000 BC - 2600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 327, 'GP?'

NOTES

1. To find this position I used Renfrew's [2011] coordinates and measured backwards from Ayioi Anargyroi (C7151).

2. 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), '10. Melanes', pg. 11389. 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., 'Melanes', pg. 327. Online here.