Site details

Nea Eukarpia

PK	C7378
TITLE	Nea Eukarpia
WGS84	40.686727° N, 22.952804° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.686727, 22.952804
LON/LAT	22.952804, 40.686727

DMS

40° 41' 12.2172" N

22° 57' 10.0944" E

W3W	quench, mailbox, extend
UTM	34 T, 665013.8, 4505815.37
EGSA87	411363, 4504223

Elevation m	99
Elevation feet	324.8
Region	Macedonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'metal jewellery -- bronze and iron figure rings, bronze bracelets, armlets, pins, fibulae, earrings, beads as well as an impressive collar with pointed terminals, bronze disks gold-plated (only in child graves) and a bronze mouth-piece (in an adult burial). A very few iron knives and spindlewhorls.'
2.    Cem.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'Type: Necropolis', 'Part of an unknown Iron Age cemetery came to light in 7 building plots in Nea Eukarpia between 1996 and 2002.'
3.    Pottery.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'The grave goods are reported to have included EIA vessels such as wheelmade kantharos-shaped vessels, painted cups and also later shapes such as handmade phialai with horizontal handles and a painted skyphoid vessel (one drinking vessel [cup?] is reported to have been decorated with pendent semicircles).'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

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

2. Middle Geometric: (850 BC - 760 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From PG to MG/LG'

3. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From PG to MG/LG'

NOTES

1. The marker is a representative point for this cemetery which extends over several blocks. The address of this specific lat/lon pair is 1 Meg. Alexandridou and Chrisostomou Smyrnis in the town of Nea Eukarpia. For more detail on the exact layout of this Early Iron Age cemetery see E. Lamprothanase-Koranyse et al., 'N. Eukarpia in Thessalonika: the Iron-Age Cemetery' (Greek language) in AEMTh (16) 251, Fig. 1. 2002. It can be downloaded from here.

2. The relevant Aristeia Project page is 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), 'Nea Eukarpia', Online here.