Site details

Nea Redestou

PK	C7632
TITLE	Nea Redestou
WGS84	40.5158707° N, 23.0513059° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.5158707, 23.0513059
LON/LAT	23.0513059, 40.5158707

DMS

40° 30' 57.1345" N

23° 3' 4.7012" E

W3W	replicate, landline, tankards
UTM	34 T, 673779.96, 4487037.83
EGSA87	419482, 4485163

Elevation m	25
Elevation feet	82
Region	Macedonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   French [1967], 63    'Stone bowl - 38'
2.    Lithics.   Niebieszczański [2012], 28    ' ... the bowls made from stone materials are present.'
3.    Mound.   French [1967], 24    'Topography: mound in plain; ... '
4.    Mound.   Rey [1917-19], 130    'La " toumba ", complètement isolée au milieu de la plaine, ... '
5.    Pottery.   Niebieszczański [2012], 28    'Both painted black on red pottery ... and black burnished ... '
6.    Settlement.   Niebieszczański [2012], 28    ' ... shows a sequence of settle from Late Neolithic to ... '
7.    Sherds.   French [1967], 63    'LB - Brown b: 34-37'
8.    Sherds.   Niebieszczański [2012], 28    'Sherds collected from this site ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Neolithic: (4500 BC - 3100 BC)
    a.    Niebieszczański [2012]: 28, ' ... from Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age.'

2. Early Bronze Age I: (3300 BC - 3000 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 63, 'EB - EB 1: 4-7; ... '

3. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Niebieszczański [2012]: 28, ' ... the Late Neolithic and The Early Bronze Age transition.'

4. Early Bronze Age II: (3000 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 63, ' ...; EB 2: 14; ... '

5. Early Bronze Age III: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 63, ' ...; EB 3: 15'

6. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Niebieszczański [2012]: 28, ' ..., middle period consists of 33 red burnished ceramics ... '
    b.    French [1967]: 63, 'MB - Red b: 33'

7. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Niebieszczański [2012]: 28, ' ... from Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age.', 'Early Bronze Age is represented by 24 sherd, ... '
    b.    French [1967]: 63, 'LB - Brown b: 34-37'

NOTES

1.  For this site Dr. Niebieszczański's WGS84 and EGSA coordinates (p. 27) point to different places. The EGSA coordinates are correct.

2.  'Nea Raidestou is the town that Rey [1917-19] 130 calls 'Madjarli'.   In French [1967] 24 it is called 'Mantzaridhes' or 'Matzdarli'.   The register of name changes of settlements in Greece has the former name as 'Mantzarides'.    The record of name change is
3.  The Mycenaean Atlas Project would like to thank Dr. Stratos Nanoglou of the University of Thessalonika for making available a copy of French [1967] which would have been otherwise difficult to obtain.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. French [1967]: French, D.H.. Index of Prehistoric Sites in Central Macedonia and Catalogue of Sherd Material in The University of Thessaloniki. Athens, 'Nea Raidhestos (Mantzaridhes or Matzdarli) V 11', pg. 24.

2. Niebieszczański [2012]: Niebieszczański, Jakub. ‘Geographical Information System methods implementation in the Anthemountas Valley Archaeological Project researches. Visualization and analysis of delimited study area.’, Poznań 2012, '3. Nea Redestou', pg. 27. Online here.

3. Rey [1917-19]: Rey, Leon. ‘VIII. - Vallée de la Vassilika’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (41-43) 127-161. 1917-19., '4. - Madjarli (Toumba. Fig. 104)', pg. 130. Online here.