Site details

Vigla or Mikri (Mikre) Vigla

PK	C1175
TITLE	Vigla or Mikri (Mikre) Vigla
WGS84	37.022889° N, 25.368056° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.022889, 25.368056
LON/LAT	25.368056, 37.022889

DMS

37° 1' 22.4004" N

25° 22' 5.0016" E

W3W	operation, tuxedo, gadgets
UTM	35 S, 354834.13, 4098656.55
EGSA87	621543, 4097998

Elevation m	30
Elevation feet	98.4
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Naxos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Barber [2017], 12347    ' ... terracotta figurines ... ', ' ..., the finds included pottery discs, weaving equipment, painted plaster and numerous pieces of marble and emery.'
2.    Hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 328    ? 'A promontory site ..., possibly of importance; ... '
3.    Lithics.   Barber [2017], 12486    ' ..., the considerable quantities of marble and emery fragments which we found ... '
4.    Pottery.   Barber [2017], 12347
5.    Pottery.   Barber and Hadjianastasiou [1989], 140    'There are a number of Mycenaean imports, continuing well into LHIIIC.'
6.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 188    'This promontory site, ..., may also have been fortified.'
7.    Settlement.   Barber and Hadjianastasiou [1989], 139    'That the site was a settlement is clear from the copious finds of coarse and fine pottery of everyday use, as well as the house remains ... '
8.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 328    'Among the surface finds are sherds of decorated and plain wares of Minoan appearance, including conical cups.'
9.    Sherds.   Schallin [1993], 20    'Sherds from the entire Bronze Age was found, including imported Mycenaean pottery.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Barber [2017]: 12454, 'If we base the chronology on that of the pottery, our figurines could belong to any part of the Bronze Age, or even later, .... '

2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 188, 'EB MB LB/LH'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 328, 'EB MB LB/LH'

3. Early Cycladic I: (3200 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Barber and Hadjianastasiou [1989]: 140, 'The EC pottery suggests a foundation date in EC I or II and continuous occupation throughout EC III, ... '
    b.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, 'ΠΚ (Ι-ΙΙ). «Φυλακωπή Ι». ... '

4. Early Cycladic II: (2700 BC - 2450 BC)
    a.    Barber and Hadjianastasiou [1989]: 140, 'The EC pottery suggests a foundation date in EC I or II and continuous occupation throughout EC III, ... '
    b.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, 'ΠΚ (Ι-ΙΙ). «Φυλακωπή Ι». ... '

5. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Barber [2017]: 12454, 'One striking fact is that some of the most convincing Cretan parallels are Early Minoan II in date.'

6. Early Minoan IIB: (2450 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Barber [2017]: 12470, 'Another Cretan piece, from Vasiliki and dated to EM IIB ... provides the one possible parallel that I have found in Crete for our kourotrophoi ... '

7. Phylakopi I: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, 'ΠΚ (Ι-ΙΙ). «Φυλακωπή Ι». ΜΚ. ΥΕΧ (Ι-ΠΙΓ).'

8. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 188, 'EB MB LB/LH'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 328, 'EB MB LB/LH'

9. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Barber and Hadjianastasiou [1989]: 140, 'There is good evidence for the early MC period in the pottery, ... '
    b.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, ' ... ΜΚ. ... '

10. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 188, 'EB MB LB/LH'
    b.    Barber and Hadjianastasiou [1989]: 63,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 328, 'EB MB LB/LH'

11. Late Cycladic I: (1700 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Barber and Hadjianastasiou [1989]: 140, ' ... and we have tended to assume that the site declined after LC I-II.'

12. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 114, 'Among imported pottery ... LH I-II occur.'

13. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 114, 'Among imported pottery ... LH I-II occur.'

14. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 114, 'Among imported pottery LM IB Marine Style ... occur.'

15. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 188, 'EB MB LB/LH'
    b.    Schallin [1993]: 20, 'Sherds from the entire Bronze Age was found, including imported Mycenaean pottery.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 328, 'EB MB LB/LH'
    d.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, ' ... ΥΕΧ (Ι-IIΙΓ).'

16. Late Bronze I: (1570 BC - 1400 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, ' ... ΥΕΧ (Ι-IIΙΓ).'

17. Late Bronze II: (1400 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, ' ... ΥΕΧ (Ι-IIΙΓ).'

18. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Barber and Hadjianastasiou [1989]: 140, 'There are a number of Mycenaean imports, continuing well into LHIIIC.'

NOTES

1. For a catalogue of the individual Mycenaean finds see Barber and Hadjianastasiou [1989] 111 - 112.

2. For a brief notice of Vigla see Barber [1974] 50, 'Middle Bronze Age Settlements and History'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Barber [1974]: Barber, R.. ‘Phylakopi 1911 and the History of the Later Cycladic Bronze Age’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (69) 1 - 53. 1974, '', Online here.

2. Barber [2017]: Barber, R.L.N.. ‘Terracotta Figurines from Mikre Vigla, Naxos in Marthari et al. (eds.) [2017], pos. 12347-13747 in the Kindlle Edition’, Oxbow Books, Oxford and Philadelphia. 2017., '', pg. 12347.

3. Barber and Hadjianastasiou [1989]: Barber, R.L.N. and O. Hadjianastasiou. ‘Mikre Vigla: a Bronze Age settlement on Naxos’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (84) 63-162. 1989., '', pg. 63. Online here.

4. Schallin [1993]: Schallin, Ann-Louise. Islands under Influence: The Cyclades in the Late Bronze Age and the Nature of Mycenaean Presence.. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, no. 111. Jonsered 1993, '37. Vigla', pg. 20.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Naxos: Vigla', pg. 188. Online here.

6. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'Vigla', pg. 328. Online here.

7. Soterakopoulos [2004]: Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '41. Μικρή Βίγλα.', pg. 75. Online here.