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Chidira: Leperna

PKC7613
TITLEChidira: Leperna
WGS84 39.202001° N, 26.022567° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 39.202001, 26.022567
LON/LAT 26.022567, 39.202001

DMS 39° 12' 7.2036" N,26° 1' 21.2412" E

W3Wrecoils, retailer, schedules
UTM35 S, 415602.72, 4339648.27
EGSA87 674498, 4340855

Elevation m350
Elevation feet 1148.3
RegionNE Aegean
SubregionLesbos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Spencer [1995/2019], 38    ' ..., a scatter of N./EBA. lithics ... '
2.    Pottery.   Spencer [1995/2019], 38    ' ..., a scatter of N./EBA. lithics and ceramics ... '
3.    Settlement.   Spencer [1995/2019], 38    ' ..., a scatter of N./EBA. lithics and ceramics indicate a significant prehistoric settlement.'
4.    Sherds.   Spencer [1995/2019], 38    ' ... and sherds of brown, black and red fabric ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Neolithic: (6500 BC - 3200 BC)
    a.    Spencer [1995/2019]: 38, ' ..., a scatter of N./EBA. lithics and ceramics ... '

2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Spencer [1995/2019]: 38, ' ..., a scatter of N./EBA. lithics and ceramics ... '

NOTE

1.  From Spencer [1995/2019] 38, no. 180: "More lithics and ceramic finds including spindle whorls and sherds of brown, black and red fabric ... were found further w. on the Tyranni hill as far as the Taxiarchis chapel below the summit to the w."

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Spencer [1995/2019]:  Spencer, Nigel. A Gazetteer of Archaeological Sites in Lesbos. BAR International Series 623; BAR Publishing, Oxford UK., '180. Tyranni', pg. 38.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C7613 is at 39.27833° N, 25.99608° E, a straight-line distance of 8 km and 798 m.