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Zagora

PKC5157
TITLEZagora
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

W3Wclinical, amassing, handbags
UTM35 S, 311958, 4182887
EGSA87 576020, 4180804

Elevation m163
Elevation feet 534.8
RegionCyclades
SubregionAndros





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.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5157 is at 37.7727° N, 24.86181° E, a straight-line distance of 306.4 m.