Ayios Mamas
| PK | C1644 |
| TITLE | Ayios Mamas |
| WGS84 | 40.274137° N, 23.347459° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 40.274137, 23.347459 |
| LON/LAT | 23.347459, 40.274137 |
| DMS | 40° 16' 26.8932" N | , | 23° 20' 50.8524" E |
| W3W | mild, swishes, temping |
| UTM | 34 T, 699584, 4460828 |
| EGSA87 | 444373, 4458103 |
| Elevation m | 24 |
| Elevation feet | 78.7 |
| Region | Macedonia |
| Subregion | Chalcidice |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds
TYPE
1. Mound. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980], 79 'A prehistoric mound between Ayios Mamas and Myriophytos villages, ... '2. Mound. French [1967], 8 'Topography: Mound on edge of river-plain; ... '
3. Sherds. Simpson [1981], 181 'Some of the Mycenaean sherds were described by the excavators ... as of Tell-el-Amarna type (LH IIIA2?), and as being of excellent quality technically, contrasting with the local LB. Desborourgh classes the Mycenaean as probably LH IIIB, "with few pieces that might be later".'
4. Sherds. French [1967], 57 ' ...; some sherds (not numbered) in the University collection.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 180, 'N EB MB LB LH IIIA2? LH IIIB LH IIIC?'
b. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 79, 'Stone foundation walls and disintegrated mud huts of Early Bronze Age date were uncovered ... '
2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 180, 'N EB MB LB LH IIIA2? LH IIIB LH IIIC?'
3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 79, 'Some MH and LH Minyan and matt-painted sherds were found, ... '
4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 79, 'Some MH and LH Minyan and matt-painted sherds were found, ... '
5. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 180, 'N EB MB LB LH IIIA2? LH IIIB LH IIIC?'
6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 79, ' ..., also large quantities of LH III A-B sherds, including some imported Mycenaean ware.'
7. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 180, 'N EB MB LB LH IIIA2? LH IIIB LH IIIC?', ' ... described by the excavators (Heurtley and Radford) as of Tell-el-Amarna type (LH IIIA2?), ... '
8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 180, 'N EB MB LB LH IIIA2? LH IIIB LH IIIC?', 'Desborough classes the Mycenaean as probably LH IIIB, ... '
b. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 79, ' ..., also large quantities of LH III A-B sherds, including some imported Mycenaean ware.'
9. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 180, 'N EB MB LB LH IIIA2? LH IIIB LH IIIC?'
NOTE
1. 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, 'Ay. Mamas C 1', pg. 8.
2. Hansel and Schier [2010]: Hänsel, Bernhard and Wolfram Schier. Prähistorische Archäologie in Südosteuropa; Band 23; Das prähistorische Olynth; Ausgrabungen in der Toumba Agios Mamas; 1994-1996; Die Grabung und der Baubefund . Institut für Prähistorische Archäologie der Freien Universität Berlin, '',
3. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: Leekley, Dorothy and Nicholas Efstratiou. Archaeological Excavations in Northern Greece. Noyes Press, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1980, 'Ayios Mamas', pg. 79.
4. Pappa [2010]: Pappa, Maria. ‘Die Nekropole der frühen Bronzezeit bei der Toumba Agios Mamas; Το νεκροταφείο της εποχής του χαλκού στην τούμπα του Αγίου Μάμαντος’, In Hansel and Scheir [2010] pp. 382-418, '', Online here.
5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'L 27 Ayios Mamas', pg. 180.
DH French, CM No. C 1
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