Amorgos: Arkesine
| PK | C1182 |
| TITLE | Amorgos: Arkesine |
| WGS84 | 36.809936° N, 25.817409° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 36.809936, 25.817409 |
| LON/LAT | 25.817409, 36.809936 |
| DMS | 36° 48' 35.7696" N | , | 25° 49' 2.6724" E |
| W3W | strangely, motivates, exploit |
| UTM | 35 S, 394514.25, 4074440.6 |
| EGSA87 | 661967, 4075041 |
| Elevation m | 88 |
| Elevation feet | 288.7 |
| Region | Cyclades |
| Subregion | Amorgos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Cem. Simpson [1981], 189 'Nearby tombs are the source of a group of weapons of Mycenaean type.'2. Settlement. Schallin [1993], 12 'The site may have been a settlement, ... '
3. Settlement. Barber [1981], 15 'There was probably a prehistoric settlement beneath the later remains on the Kastri promontory.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
a. Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, 'ΠΚ (ΙΙ). ... '
2. Keros-Syros: (2600 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 189, 'KS Phyl I MB? LB/LH H'
3. Phylakopi I: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, ' ... «Φυλακωπή Ι». ... '
4. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 189, 'KS Phyl I MB? LB/LH H'
b. Schallin [1993]: 12, ' ..., occupied in the MBA, ... '
5. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, ' ... ΜΚ (πρώιμη); ... ' Middle Cycladic Early.
6. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 189, 'KS Phyl I MB? LB/LH H'
b. Barber [1981]: 15, ' ... Mycenaean bronzes ... '
7. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 189, 'KS Phyl I MB? LB/LH H'
b. Barber [1981]: 15, ' ... indicate LBA activity.'
c. Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, ' ... ΥΕΧ.'
8. Late Cycladic III: (1420 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Schallin [1993]: 12, ' ..., and also in the LBA ... ' Schallin uses 'LBA' to encompass LC III, pg. 8, Table 1.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Barber [1981]: Barber, R.L.N.. ‘The Late Cycladic Period: A Review’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (76), pp. 1-21, 1981., '2. Arkesine ... ', pg. 15.
Online here.
2. 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, '2. Arkesine (Kastri)', pg. 12.
3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Amorgos: Arkesine (Kastri)', pg. 189.
Online here.
4. Soterakopoulos [2004]: Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '2. Καστρί (άρχαία Άρκεσίνη);', pg. 72.
Online here.