Site details

tou Sotiros

PK	C6916
TITLE	tou Sotiros
WGS84	38.706315° N, 20.69626° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	38.706315, 20.69626
LON/LAT	20.69626, 38.706315

DMS

38° 42' 22.734" N

20° 41' 46.536" E

W3W	trendier, brain, doodling
UTM	34 S, 473590.21, 4284230.64
EGSA87	212559, 4289082

Elevation m	16
Elevation feet	52.5
Region	Ionian Islands
Subregion	Lefkada

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Dorpfeld [1927], 319    ' ..., stammen Reste schmutziggelber Pithoi, dickwandig mit Schnurornament am Rand ... '
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 184    'LH sherds claimed from this area, but the only certified finds are coarse and Scratched ware.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [2018], 355    ' ... and Mycenaean sherds at Ayios Sotiros ... '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 160    'Mycenaean sherds were also claimed at Ayios Sotiros cave on Leukas, ... '
5.    Sherds.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 18    'In deeper layers a quantity of sherds were recovered, many with scratched decoration.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Prehistoric: (4000 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Dorpfeld [1927]: 319,

2. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 184, 'BA LH?'

3. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 18, ?

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 184, 'BA LH?'
    b.    Simpson [2018]: 355, ' ... and Mycenaean sherds at Ayios Sotiros ... '
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 160, 'Mycenaean sherds ... '

NOTES

1. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999] 18 appears to dismiss the possibility of LH sherds from this place. See her full account at the place indicated.

2. Dr. Anastasia Gazi of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has reproduced one of Dörpfeld's maps of Lefkada in her 2017 thesis 'Landscape, natural environment and settlement of prehistoric and ancient Lefkas', 30, Image 21. It was from this map that I derived the position of 'tou Sotiros'. Her thesis contains a wealth of information about the natural history of Lefkada. It is online here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Dorpfeld [1927]: Dörpfeld, Wilhelm. Alt-Ithaka: ein Beitrag zur Homer-Frage; Studien und Ausgrabungen auf der Insel Leukas-Ithaka, Erster Band. Munich, 1927, '1. Aus der Ebene von Nidri und Nachster Umgebung; a) Aus Siedlungen: &delta)', pg. 319. Online here.

2. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, '', pg. 355. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Appendix to Map G', pg. 160. Online here.

4. 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., 'E 11 Leukas: Ayios Sotiros', pg. 184. Online here.

5. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: Souyoudzoglou-Haywood, Christina. The Ionian Islands in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age; 3000-800 B.C.. Liverpool University Press. 1999. , 'Aghios Sotiros (10):', pg. 18. Online here.