Site details

Kea: Stavroti

PK	C6927
TITLE	Kea: Stavroti
WGS84	37.650204° N, 24.306538° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.650204, 24.306538
LON/LAT	24.306538, 37.650204

DMS

37° 39' 0.7344" N

24° 18' 23.5368" E

W3W	bestows, inferior, arachnid
UTM	35 S, 262379.98, 4170418.69
EGSA87	526892, 4166762

Elevation m	89
Elevation feet	292
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Kea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Schallin [1993], 16    'The site may have represented a small settlement.'
2.    Sherds.   Sutton et al. [1991], 82    Mostly sherds or loom-weights: 'A high-density scatter of artifacts ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Sutton et al. [1991]: 82, ' ... a tripod leg with an oval section, MCyc - LCyc II.'

2. Late Cycladic II: (1625 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Sutton et al. [1991]: 82, ' ... a tripod leg with an oval section, MCyc - LCyc II.'

3. Late Cycladic III: (1420 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 16, 'Some middle LBA sherds were recorded among finds from other periods.'

4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Sutton et al. [1991]: 82, '13-1. Kylix (or Cooking Pot?) ... LH IIIA:2 or later ... '

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Sutton et al. [1991]: 82, '13-3. Deep Bowl? ... LH IIIB? (not LH IIIA).'

6. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Sutton et al. [1991]: 82, '13-14. Mortar or Lekane ... Late A - C?'

NOTES

1.  In Schallin [1993] 8, Table 1 the middle LBA encompasses LC III.

2.  Marker placed based on the directions in Sutton et al. [1991] 82.

3.  C6927 Kea: Stavroti 37.650204° 24.306538°

Head of the Xyla streambed
Beneath the path at its termination from Koressia
Near a modern occupied house
SE slope near junction of a small rema (which flows from the N)
... and a larger streambed that flows from SE

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Schallin [1993]: Schallin, Ann-Louise. Islands under Influence: The Cyclades in the Late Bronze Age and the Nature of Mycenaean Presence.. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, no. 111. Jonsered 1993, '16. Stavroti', pg. 16.

2. Sutton et al. [1991]: Sutton, R.F. Jr. and J.F. Cherry, J.L. Davis, E. Mantzourani. Gazetteer of Archaeological Sites. In Cherry et al. [1991], pp. 69-156., '13. Stavroti', pg. 82. Online here.