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Xombourgo

PKC1948
TITLEXombourgo
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

W3Wdespairs, riverbed, tariff
UTM35 S, 338222, 4160554
EGSA87 602977, 4159330

Elevation m522
Elevation feet 1712.6
RegionCyclades
SubregionTinos





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. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1948 is at 37.5506° N, 25.14466° E, a straight-line distance of 3 km and 660 m.