Site details
Zagora
| PK | C5157 |
| TITLE | Zagora |
| WGS84 | 37.773997° N, 24.864888° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.773997, 24.864888 |
| LON/LAT | 24.864888, 37.773997 |
| DMS | 37° 46' 26.3892" N | , | 24° 51' 53.5968" E |
| W3W | clinical, amassing, handbags |
| UTM | 35 S, 311958, 4182887 |
| EGSA87 | 576020, 4180804 |
| Elevation m | 163 |
| Elevation feet | 534.8 |
| Region | Cyclades |
| Subregion | Andros |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Settlement. Beaumont et al. [2012], 43 '..., Zagora remains the most extensive and best preserved Aegean Early Iron Age settlement known, ...'PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Beaumont et al. [2012]: 59, The few fine-wares identifiable on the basis of their decoration that were collected date at the earliest to the MG I period and into LG.'
2. Middle Geometric: (850 BC - 760 BC)
a. Beaumont et al. [2012]: 59, ' ... date at the earliest to the MG I period and into LG.'
3. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
a. Beaumont et al. [2012]: 59, ' ... date at the earliest to the MG I period and into LG.'
NOTES
1. I (RHC) drew a polygon in Google Earth to replicate the map in Beaumont et al. [2012] plate 1, ('1. ZAP 2012, geophysical survey zones'). The resulting polygon was 81,841 sq. m. in area. So a good estimate for the area of the inhabited settlement might be just over 8 ha.
2. The Zagora Archaeological Project website is here.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Beaumont et al. [2012]: Beaumont, Lesley A., Margaret C. Miller, Stavros A. Paspalas, Y. Bassiakos, G. Cantoro, S. Déderix, B. McLoughlin, N. Papadopoulos, A. Sarris and A. Wilson. ‘New Investigations at Zagora (Andros): The Zagora Archaeological Project 2012', Mediterranean Archaeology (25) Zagora in Context: Settlements and Intercommunal Links in the Geometric Period (900-700 BC) ’, Proceedings of the conference held by The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens and The Archaeological Society at Athens: Athens, 20-22 May, 2012, pp. 43-66., 'New Investigations at Zagora (Andros): The Zagora Archaeological Project 2012', pg. 43.
Online here.