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Doretes Hill

PKC1943
TITLEDoretes Hill
WGS84 37.719458° N, 20.968127° E
Accuracy 200 m.

LAT/LON 37.719458, 20.968127
LON/LAT 20.968127, 37.719458

DMS 37° 43' 10.0488" N,20° 58' 5.2572" E

W3Wsynopses, smoothest, overcrowd
UTM34 S, 497191, 4174690
EGSA87 232617, 4178729

Elevation m176
Elevation feet 577.4
RegionIonian Islands
SubregionZakynthos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Van Wijngaarden [2010], 4    'Some pottery of probable later date was present as well, notably some fine wares that may belong to the Mycenaean period.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Van Wijngaarden [2010]: 4, 'Most of this material was clearly prehistoric and it has tentatively been assigned to the EH-MH periods.'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Van Wijngaarden [2010]: 4, 'Most of this material was clearly prehistoric and it has tentatively been assigned to the EH-MH periods.'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Van Wijngaarden [2010]: 4, 'Some pottery of probable later date was present as well, notably some fine wares that may belong to the Mycenaean period. '

NOTE

1.  In van Wijngaarden's Summary for 2010 (Van Wijngaarden [2010]): 'Doretes constitutes and (sic) important Bronze Age site.'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Van Wijngaarden [2010]:  van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan (ed.). ‘Zakynthos Archaeology Project 2010 Summary Report’, University of Amsterdam, 2010., '', pg. 4. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1943 is at 37.71782° N, 20.96389° E, a straight-line distance of 415.3 m.