Agia Kiriaki/Purification Trench
| PK | C2485 |
| TITLE | Agia Kiriaki∕Purification Trench |
| WGS84 | 37.39502° N, 25.254591° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.39502, 25.254591 |
| LON/LAT | 25.254591, 37.39502 |
| DMS | 37° 23' 42.072" N | , | 25° 15' 16.5276" E |
| W3W | readier, unveils, synthetic |
| UTM | 35 S, 345501.11, 4140124.09 |
| EGSA87 | 610902, 4139145 |
| Elevation m | 10 |
| Elevation feet | 32.8 |
| Region | Cyclades |
| Subregion | Rheneia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts
TYPE
1. Artifacts. AD[1929], 208 This is vol. 12, p. 181 ff.2. Artifacts. Fimmen [1921], 14 'Marmoridole, ... '
3. Cem. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 309 'PG-G material from tombs on Delos was buried here in the "Purification Trench", ... '
4. Pottery. Schallin [1993], 21 ' ..., a middle LBA angular alabastron was found here.'
5. Pottery. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 309 ' ..., which also held one LH IIIA2(-B?) pyxis, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 309, '(EB figurine)'
2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 309, ' ..., likely to come from either an original LH tomb on Delos or, ..., from a DA tomb ... '
3. Late Cycladic III: (1420 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Schallin [1993]: 21, ' ..., a middle LBA angular alabastron ... ' Schallin includes LC III in the "middle LBA"
4. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. AD[1929]: 208,
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 309, 'PG-G material from tombs on Delos ... '
5. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. AD[1929]: 208,
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 309, 'PG-G material from tombs on Delos ... '
c. Fimmen [1921]: 14, ' ..., sondern aus geometrisch-archaïscher Zeit.'
6. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Fimmen [1921]: 14, ' ..., sondern aus geometrisch-archaïscher Zeit.'
NOTES
1. The famous 'purification trench' and later important cemetery is this rectangular patch just by Hagia Kyriaki.
2. For more see Coldstream [1968] passim where he lists 'Purification Trench' for Rheneia, a cemetery deposit with dates 'SubPG', MG-LG.
3. For a short history of the archaeological investigations on this little island see Leekley and Noyes [1975], 49, 'Rheneia'.
4. Contributed by Professor Sarah Murray of the University of Toronto.
5. Fimmen [1921] says that this marble figure is from the 'Grabbezirk'. His source is Ross' 1842 Vorgriechische Gräber, Archäologische Aufsätze I, p. 52.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. AD[1929]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece., '', pg. 208.
2. Coldstream [1968]: Coldstream, N.. Greek Geometric Pottery: A Survey of Ten Local Styles and their Chronology. Methuen, London. 1968., '', Online here.
3. Fimmen [1921]: Fimmen, Dietrich. Die Kretisch-Mykenische Kultur. Verlag und Druck von B.G. Teubner, Leipzig und Berlin. 1921., 'Rheneia', pg. 14.
Online here.
4. Leekley and Noyes [1975]: Leekley, Dorothy and Robert Noyes. Archaeological Excavations in the Greek Islands. Noyes Press, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1975, '',
5. Schallin [1993]: Schallin, Ann-Louise. Islands under Influence: The Cyclades in the Late Bronze Age and the Nature of Mycenaean Presence.. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, no. 111. Jonsered 1993, '42. The "Purification Trench"', pg. 21.
6. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'Rheneia', pg. 309.
Online here.