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Zas Cave

PKC6739
TITLEZas Cave
WGS84 37.034362° N, 25.500175° E
Accuracy 10 m.

LAT/LON 37.034362, 25.500175
LON/LAT 25.500175, 37.034362

DMS 37° 2' 3.7032" N,25° 30' 0.63" E

W3Wmildness, squishy, harmonica
UTM35 S, 366607.32, 4099735.95
EGSA87 633276, 4099448

Elevation m670
Elevation feet 2198.2
RegionCyclades
SubregionNaxos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Sherds

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 333    ' ... a cave containing N and ?GP goods has been found.'
2.    Sherds.   Vlachopoulos and Georgiadis [2011], 345    ' ..., except for a very few LH IIIA-B(?) sherds ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Neolithic: (6500 BC - 3200 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, 'ΝΝ (Ι, Η). ... '

2. Grotta-Pelos: (3000 BC - 2600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 333, 'N GP?'

3. Keros-Syros: (2600 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, ' ... ΠΚ (Ι, «Καστρί»). ... '

4. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, ' ... ΜΚ. ... '

5. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, ' ... ΥΕΧ.'

6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Vlachopoulos and Georgiadis [2011]: 345, ' ..., except for a very few LH IIIA-B(?) sherds ... '

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Vlachopoulos and Georgiadis [2011]: 345, ' ..., except for a very few LH IIIA-B(?) sherds ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  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., 'Spilaio tou Za', pg. 333. Online here.

2.  Soterakopoulos [2004]:  Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '44. Σπήλαιο τού Ζά.', pg. 75. Online here.

3.  Stampolidis and Maner [2011]:  Stampolidis, Nicholas Chr. and Çiğdem Maner, Konstantinos Kopanias. NOSTOI; Indigenous Culture, Migration + Integration In The Aegean Islands + Western Anatolia During The Late Bronze + Early Iron Ages. Koç University Press. Istanbul, Turkey 2011., '',

4.  Vlachopoulos and Georgiadis [2011]:  Vlachopoulos, Andreas and Mercourios Georgiadis. ‘The Cyclades and the Dodecanese during the Post-Palatial Period: Heterogeneous Developments of a Homogeneous Culture’, In Stampolidis and Maner [2011] pp. 337-368, '', pg. 345. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6739 is at 37.0152° N, 25.56898° E, a straight-line distance of 6 km and 477 m.