Site details

Psara: Archontiki

PK	C1496
TITLE	Psara: Archontiki
WGS84	38.567841° N, 25.559189° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.567841, 25.559189
LON/LAT	25.559189, 38.567841

DMS

38° 34' 4.2276" N

25° 33' 33.0804" E

W3W	hearse, wrecking, imprinted
UTM	35 S, 374479.3, 4269805.26
EGSA87	635686, 4269686

Elevation m	3
Elevation feet	9.8
Region	NE Aegean
Subregion	Psara

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1961], 266
2.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 371    ' ..., and a grey ware jar (local) and a bronze spearhead were retrieved ... '
3.    Artifacts.   AR[2004], 90    'Finds include stirrup jars, alabastra, goblets, steatite and glass seals, bronze swords, necklaces made of gold-en, (sic) glass, faience and sard beads, clay and steatite whorls, bronze pins and pselia, bronze spearheads, bronze daggers, bronze rings and earrings, a jug and an Phi-type figurine.'
4.    Cem.   BCH [1962], 878    'Plus intéressante encore est la découverte, par S. Ch., d'une nécropole mycénienne sur les bords du golfe Archontiki dans le Nord-Ouest de l'île, immédiatement au Sud de la petite île de Daskalio.'
5.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 371    'A cemetery of LH cist graves, ... '
6.    Cem.   AR[2004], 90    'The excavation at the Myc cemetery at Archontiki ... '
7.    Cist Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 207    '...a cemetery of LH cist graves was found.', 'A large number of LH III(A-)B sherds were collected on the surface here,'
8.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 371    'A large number of LH III (A-)B sherds were collected on the surface here, ... '
9.    Tholos.   Vlachopoulos and Georgiadis [2011], 342    ' ..., this Helladic type of tomb (i.e., a tholos, rhc) is found in ... the East Aegean islands (Psara-Archontiki) ... '
10.    Tomb.   AR[2004], 90    'Most are cist graves, with the exception of a plundered tholos tomb ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    BCH [1962]: 878, 'une nécropole mycénienne...'
    b.    AR[2004]: 90, ' ... the Myc cemetery ... '

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'LH III(A-)B'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 371, 'LH III(A-)B'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 207, 'LH III(A-)B'
    b.    BCH [1962]: 878, 'La date est assurée par grand nombre de tessons qui se trouvaient en surface et sur la pente du terrain; ils appartiennent au HR III B.'
    c.    AD[1961]: 266,
    d.    Vlachopoulos and Georgiadis [2011]: 342, ? ' ... only after the LH IIIA period, that is the 14th c. BC ... '
    e.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 371, 'LH III(A-)B'

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AD[1961]: 266,

NOTE

1. The BCH [1062] places these graves along the shore and parallel to it. There are good user-submitted photographs of these still visible graves at a popular travel site: wondergreece.gr. Find them here. These graves are also easily seen in Google Earth aerial images of various dates especially Sept 14, 2010.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1962]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 86, 1962., 'Psara', pg. 878. Online here. Online here.

2. AD[1961]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 16, '', pg. 266.

3. AR[2004]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (51) 2004., 'Psara.', pg. 90. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Archontiki', pg. 207. Online here.

5. 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., 'Archontiki', pg. 371. Online here.

6. Stampolidis and Maner [2011]: Stampolidis, Nicholas Chr. and Çiğdem Maner, Konstantinos Kopanias. NOSTOI; Indigenous Culture, Migration + Integration In The Aegean Islands + Western Anatolia During The Late Bronze + Early Iron Ages. Koç University Press. Istanbul, Turkey 2011., '',

7. Vlachopoulos and Georgiadis [2011]: Vlachopoulos, Andreas and Mercourios Georgiadis. ‘The Cyclades and the Dodecanese during the Post-Palatial Period: Heterogeneous Developments of a Homogeneous Culture’, In Stampolidis and Maner [2011] pp. 337-368, 'Topography and Chronology of LH IIIC Settlements, Cult Places and Cemeteries', pg. 342. Online here.