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Gymnasion

PKC2497
TITLEGymnasion
WGS84 37.102165° N, 25.378035° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.102165, 25.378035
LON/LAT 25.378035, 37.102165

DMS 37° 6' 7.794" N,25° 22' 40.926" E

W3Wnavigate, tame, palace
UTM35 S, 355872, 4107437
EGSA87 622303, 4106806

Elevation m27
Elevation feet 88.6
RegionCyclades
SubregionNaxos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Sfyroera [2018], 332    ' ... organization of the cemeteries began in two main regions in the Plithos area, ..., and at the Gymnasion area ... '
2.    Cem.   PAE[1937], 115    


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Sfyroera [2018]: 329, See Figure 1.

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    PAE[1937]: 115,

3. Early Geometric: (900 BC - 850 BC)
    a.    Sfyroera [2018]: 332, ..., in the Early Geometric period, a more systematic organization of the cemeteries began in two main regions in the Plithos area, ..., and at the Gymnasion area ...

NOTES

1.  In Sfyroera [2018] 329, Figure 1.4, Mycenaean sites at

  • 37.101473, 25.373948 at the pedestrian way joining Ariadnis and Akanthous Cyprus
  • 37.101739, 25.376071 at Aristidi Protopapadaki and Plateia Protodikeiou
  • 37.102513, 25.380892 at Venizelou and Naxos-Chalkios Road (Epar. Od. Naxou-Chalkou)
Geometric Sites at
  • 37.102259, 25.377727 at the Gymnasio Naxou
  • 37.103525, 25.378049 at Sokratous Papavasiliou and Alexinoros.


2.  Contributed by Professor S. Murray, University of Toronto.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  PAE[1937]:  Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1937., '', pg. 115.

2.  Angliker and Tully [2018]:  Angliker E and J. Tully (eds.). Cycladic Archaeology and Research. New approaches and discoveries. Oxford, Archaeopress, '',

3.  Sfyroera [2018]:  Sfyroera, Alexandra S.. ‘Naxos, the largest Cycladic island with a single polis; A survey through ancient times’, In Angliker and Tully [2018], 325-338., '', Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C2497 is at 37.10384° N, 25.37509° E, a straight-line distance of 321.6 m.