Site details

Mytilene: Acropolis: EA Settlement

PK	C7319
TITLE	Mytilene: Acropolis: EA Settlement
WGS84	39.111898° N, 26.561869° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	39.111898, 26.561869
LON/LAT	26.561869, 39.111898

DMS

39° 6' 42.8328" N

26° 33' 42.7284" E

W3W	done, obvious, intent
UTM	35 S, 462121.22, 4329285.51
EGSA87	721355, 4332032

Elevation m	40
Elevation feet	131.2
Region	NE Aegean
Subregion	Lesbos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Building.   Spencer [1995/2019], 9    'Earliest structural remains are of PG. date.'
2.    Pottery.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'Finds Clay Vessels a small number of ionian cups and corinthian vessels'
3.    Settlement.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'Type: Settlement'
4.    Sherds.   Spencer [1995/2019], 9    ' ... are EBA. sherds found in the area of the Medieval kastro.', ' ... Myc. sherds ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Spencer [1995/2019]: 9, 'The earliest finds representative of settlement activiy within the area of the modern town are EBA. sherds found in the area of the Medieval kastro.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Spencer [1995/2019]: 9, 'Trenches laid for the construction of the new museum also located Myc. sherds ... '

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Spencer [1995/2019]: 9, 'Earliest structural remains are of PG. date.'

4. Early Archaic: (700 BC - 600 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From EA to EA Date: From 7th c. BC to 6th c. BC, 1st half.'

NOTE

1. E. Hector Williams and Caroline Williams were the directors of the Mytilene Project which ran from June 1, 1983 to August 31, 2012. Their home page is here, a part of the Portal to the Past. Much of their research is still behind paywalls but a representative list may be seen on the relevant Aristeia Project page here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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), 'Acropolis', Online here.

2. Spencer [1995/2019]: Spencer, Nigel. A Gazetteer of Archaeological Sites in Lesbos. BAR International Series 623; BAR Publishing, Oxford UK., '*27. Mytilene(town)', pg. 9.