Limnotopos: also Vardino or Kolibi
| PK | C1662 |
| TITLE | Limnotopos: also Vardino or Kolibi |
| WGS84 | 40.942677° N, 22.628394° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 40.942677, 22.628394 |
| LON/LAT | 22.628394, 40.942677 |
| DMS | 40° 56' 33.6372" N | , | 22° 37' 42.2184" E |
| W3W | undergoing, evening, bedbugs |
| UTM | 34 T, 637072, 4533670 |
| EGSA87 | 384395, 4533014 |
| Elevation m | 39 |
| Elevation feet | 128 |
| Region | Macedonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds
TYPE
1. Mound. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980], 89 'In 1924 W.A. Heurtley of the British School excavated a prehistoric mound at Vardino ... '2. Mound. French [1967], 18 'Topography: mound overlooking plain of river; ... '
3. Pottery. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980], 89 'Locally made imitations of Mycenaean pottery and some possibly imported sherds were found.'
4. Pottery. Aslaksen [2013], 100 ' ..., it could be assumed that the dwellers of the Late Bronze Age would have been familiar with Mycenaean pottery as well the as the local repertoire and the encrusted styles associated with the Balkans.','In AIIa Mycenaean (Heurtley and Hutchison 1926: pl.12.1), encrusted and matt-painted pottery (fig.57) were uncovered.'
5. Settlement. Aslaksen [2013], 100 'The three successive settlements all belong to the Late Bronze Age and had Mycenaean finds.'
6. Settlement. Desborough [1964/2007], 142 ' ... the nearby site of Vardino.' Again, from Desborough's and other's descriptions this is a settlement.
7. Sherds. Simpson [1981], 182 '...this inland site produced a fair quantity of Mycenaean pottery, apparently of the same range (LH IIIB-C) as that found at Vardarophtsa.' Vardarophtsa is C1661.
8. Sherds. French [1967], 61 ' ...; some sherds (LN Black b. and late Black gl.) in the University collection.' i.e. in Thessalonika.
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Neolithic: (4500 BC - 3100 BC)
a. French [1967]: 61, ' ...; some sherds (LN Black b. ... '
2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 182, 'N EB LB LH IIIB-C C'
b. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 89, ' ... abandoned in the Early Bronze Age.'
3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 89, 'Locally made imitations of Mycenaean pottery and some possibly imported sherds were found.'
4. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 182, 'N EB LB LH IIIB-C C'
5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 182, 'N EB LB LH IIIB-C C', ' ... a fair quantity of Mycenaean pottery, apparently of the same range (LH IIIB-C) as that found at Vardarophtsa.'
b. Desborough [1964/2007]: 142, With respect to a violin-bow fibula found there: ' ..., not certainly to be assigned to any context earlier than the time of transition LH. III B/C, ... '
6. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 182, 'N EB LB LH IIIB-C C', ' ... a fair quantity of Mycenaean pottery, apparently of the same range (LH IIIB-C) as that found at Vardarophtsa.'
b. Desborough [1964/2007]: 142, With respect to a violin-bow fibula found there: ' ..., not certainly to be assigned to any context earlier than the time of transition LH. III B/C, ... '
c. Aslaksen [2013]: 100, ? 'The three successive settlements all belong to the Late Bronze Age and had Mycenaean finds.'
7. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 89, ' ...; this was followed by local proto-Geometric styles of pottery ... '
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. Aslaksen [2013]: Aslaksen, Ole Christian . Global and local in Late Bronze Age Central Macedonia; Economy, mobility and identity. Gotarc Series B. Archaeological Theses 61, University of Gothenburg; Department of Historical Studies, Sweden, '7.2.6 Limnotopos', pg. 100.
Online here.
2. Desborough [1964/2007]: Desborough, V.R.d'A.. The Last Mycenaeans and Their Successors: An Archaeological Survey, c. 1200 - c. 1000 B.C.. Wipf & Stock, 2007. Originally published in 1964 by Oxford University Press. , '', pg. 142.
3. French [1967]: French, D.H.. Index of Prehistoric Sites in Central Macedonia and Catalogue of Sherd Material in The University of Thessaloniki. Athens, 'Limnotopos (Vardina) A 3', pg. 18.
4. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: Leekley, Dorothy and Nicholas Efstratiou. Archaeological Excavations in Northern Greece. Noyes Press, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1980, 'Limnotopos (Kilkis)', pg. 89.
5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'L 48 Limnotopos (Vardino)', pg. 182.
DH French, CM No. A 3
Online here.