Site details
Hagios Simeonos: G and A Graves
| PK | C7617 |
| TITLE | Hagios Simeonos: G and A Graves |
| WGS84 | 39.108366° N, 26.556189° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 39.108366, 26.556189 |
| LON/LAT | 26.556189, 39.108366 |
| DMS | 39° 6' 30.1176" N | , | 26° 33' 22.2804" E |
| W3W | foil, power, verges |
| UTM | 35 S, 461628.24, 4328895.93 |
| EGSA87 | 720874, 4331626 |
| Elevation m | 12 |
| Elevation feet | 39.4 |
| Region | NE Aegean |
| Subregion | Lesbos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Spencer [1995], 279 ' ...; a gold ring, and an 'earlier' fibula.'2. Pottery. Spencer [1995], 279 ' ...; grey ware amphorae, hydriae, a deep grey ware bowl with an incised wavy line pattern on the outside; ... '
3. Tomb. Spencer [1995], 279 ' ..., a burial of the Geometric period was found with a later archaic one in 1928 when the belfry of Agios Simeon was being constructed ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Spencer [1995]: 279, ' ..., a burial of the Geometric period was found with a later archaic one ... ', ' ... during Lamb's excavations at Antissa in 1932, the find contexts of which prove that the tomb in Mytilene from which the bowl came was in fact Geometric in date.'
2. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Spencer [1995]: 279, ' ..., a burial of the Geometric period was found with a later archaic one ... '
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Spencer [1995]: Spencer, Nigel. ‘Early Lesbos between East and West: A 'Grey Area' of Aegean Archaeology’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (90) 269-306. 1995., '', pg. 279.
Online here.