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Mesimeriani Toumba

PK	C1676
TITLE	Mesimeriani Toumba
WGS84	40.437186° N, 22.99054° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.437186, 22.99054
LON/LAT	22.99054, 40.437186

DMS

40° 26' 13.8696" N

22° 59' 25.944" E

W3W	flexibly, munchkin, windmill
UTM	34 T, 668829, 4478185
EGSA87	414235, 4476486

Elevation m	145
Elevation feet	475.7
Region	Macedonia
Subregion	Chalcidice

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   French [1967], 61    'Spindle whorl - 87', 'Shaft-hole axe, ? copper/bronze ... '
2.    Mound.   French [1967], 20    'Topography: mound, on sloping ground; ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 183    'A few LB sherds, and one possible Mycenaean, are recorded from this low mound...'
4.    Sherds.   French [1967], 61    '?Myc - 63'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 183, 'N EB LB LH III?'
    b.    French [1967]: 61, 'EB - EB 1: 43,44; ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 61, '?Myc - 63'

3. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 183, 'N EB LB LH III?'
    b.    French [1967]: 61, 'LB - Brown b: 54-60; ... '

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 183, 'N EB LB LH III?'

5. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 61, 'IA & later - Pt: 64-68; ... '

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, 'Mesimeriani Toumba C 10', pg. 20.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Mesimeriani Toumba', pg. 183. DH French, CM No. C 10
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