Site details
Raos
| PK | C7706 |
| TITLE | Raos |
| WGS84 | 36.361532° N, 25.390662° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 36.361532, 25.390662 |
| LON/LAT | 25.390662, 36.361532 |
| DMS | 36° 21' 41.5152" N | , | 25° 23' 26.3832" E |
| W3W | vacating, blurts, straps |
| UTM | 35 S, 355613.42, 4025251.26 |
| EGSA87 | 624618, 4024658 |
| Elevation m | 147 |
| Elevation feet | 482.3 |
| Region | Cyclades |
| Subregion | Thera |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Marthari [2019], 137 ' ... the high-quality wall-paintings of the Raos residential building ... ', 'The finds include gold jewelry, lead balance weights, bronze objects such as hooks, sickles, a knife and fragments of bronze vessels, and imported Cretan serpentine vases such as a lamp ... '2. Building. Marthari [2019], 136 ' ... a residential building (approximately 110m^2) ... , ... '
3. Pottery. Marthari [2019], 137 'Local pottery is plentiful.'
SITE SIZE
- Marthari [2019] p. 136, Size: 700 sq. m. ... (total area about 700m2) ...
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Cycladic I: (1700 BC - 1625 BC)
a. Marthari [2019]: 138, 'A few MC sherds found among the LC I/LM IA pottery from the Raos residential building's destruction deposit, ... '
2. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
a. Marthari [2019]: 137, 'Most are of Minoan provenance ..., among which are LM IA fine wares of both central and east Crete.'
NOTES
1. Marthari discusses the Raos pottery in detail beginning at 139.
2. Raos is plainly visible at this location in Google Earth.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Borgna et al., eds. [2019]: Borgna, E. with I. Caloi, F.M. Carinci and R. Laffineur . MNHMH/MNEME: Past and Memory in the Aegean Bonze Age. Peeters; Leuven - Liege, '',
2. Marthari [2019]: Marthari, Marisa. ‘Raos and Akrotiri: Memory and Identity in LC I/LM I Thera as Reflected in Settlement Patterns and Ceramic Production’, Borgna et al., eds. [2019], pp. 135-144., 'Environment and memory: Raos and settlement patterns in LC I Thera', pg. 135.
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