Site details
Xombourgo
| PK | C1948 |
| TITLE | Xombourgo |
| WGS84 | 37.577835° N, 25.167899° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.577835, 25.167899 |
| LON/LAT | 25.167899, 37.577835 |
| DMS | 37° 34' 40.206" N | , | 25° 10' 4.4364" E |
| W3W | despairs, riverbed, tariff |
| UTM | 35 S, 338222, 4160554 |
| EGSA87 | 602977, 4159330 |
| Elevation m | 522 |
| Elevation feet | 1712.6 |
| Region | Cyclades |
| Subregion | Tinos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE hab
TYPE
1. hab. Kourou [2011], 400 'The defensive site of Xobourgo, located at the highest point on the south-western slopes of the Xobourgo hill in the centre of the island's southern plain, is the earliest of the known Early Iron Age sites on the island of Tenos'PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Kourou [2011]: 400, '...Protogeometric pottery from Xobourgo...'
2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Kourou [2011]: 401, 'Late Geometric and early seventh century pottery marks the last stages of the santuary's use ...'
3. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Kourou [2011]: 401, ...construction of the new fortification wall in the Late Archaic period, ...
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Kourou [2011]: Kourou, Nota. ‘From The Dark Ages To The Rise Of The Polis In The Cyclades: The Case Of Tenos’, Mazarakis-Ainian [2011], pp. 399-408. 2011., 'From the Dark Ages to the Rise of the Polis in the Cyclades', pg. 399.
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