Site details

Droggari of Ziros

PK	C7274
TITLE	Droggari of Ziros
WGS84	35.04981° N, 26.10002° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.04981, 26.10002
LON/LAT	26.10002, 35.04981

DMS

35° 2' 59.316" N

26° 6' 0.072" E

W3W	reworks, relies, divided
UTM	35 S, 417923.97, 3878937.04
EGSA87	691381, 3880294

Elevation m	582
Elevation feet	1909.4
Region	Crete
Subregion	Siteia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   BCH Online, 8574    ' ... scant pottery ... '
2.    Tholos.   BCH Online, 8574    ' .... a built tholos tomb ... '
3.    Tholos.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'In 2010 an excavation illegally took place in the area Droggouri Zirou (Dimos Siteias) in a tholos tomb.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Overall Phases of Use: From LM to PG'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From PG to PG'

3. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 8574, ' ... pottery dating to the Sub-Minoan - Early Geometric period were collected.'

4. Early Geometric: (900 BC - 850 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 8574, ' ... pottery dating to the Sub-Minoan - Early Geometric period were collected.'

NOTES

1. Position taken from BCH Online but these have not been reliable in the past. The Aristeia Project puts it in the middle of Ziros but that cannot be. The area of Dhroggari is just to the NE of where I have placed the marker. It is a kind of fertile highland plain.

2. The relevant Aristeia Project page is here

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Droggari of Ziros - 2009', no. 8574. Online here.

2. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander . Η Κοινωνική Αρχαιολογία του Ελληνικού Κόσμου κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου και την Πρώιμη Αρχαϊκή περίοδο (The Aristeia Project: The Social Archeology of the Greek World during the Early Iron Age and the Early Archaic period), 'Droggari Zirou', Online here.