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Mavromatis Quarry

PKC6931
TITLEMavromatis Quarry
WGS84 36.361964° N, 25.416499° E
Accuracy 500 m.

LAT/LON 36.361964, 25.416499
LON/LAT 25.416499, 36.361964

DMS 36° 21' 43.0704" N,25° 24' 59.3964" E

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UTM35 S, 357932.43, 4025260.88
EGSA87 626935, 4024740

Elevation m92
Elevation feet 301.8
RegionCyclades
SubregionThera





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Walls

TYPE

1.    Hab.   Davis and Cherry [1990], 190    'Remains of LCI date east-north-east of the village of Akrotiri, near the edge of the caldera and c. 1 km from the excavations at Akrotiri.'
2.    Wall.   Schallin [1993], 25    'Foundation walls of buildings and sherds have been revealed at this site, ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, 'ΠΚ. ... '

2. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, ' ... ΜΚ. ... '

3. Late Cycladic I: (1700 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Davis and Cherry [1990]: 191, 'Remains of LC I date ... '
    b.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, ' ... Μεταβατική ΜΚ-ΥΚ Ι φάση.' Transitional MC to LCI phase.

4. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 25, Implied.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Davis and Cherry [1990]:  Davis, J.L. and J.F. Cherry. ‘Spatial and Temporal Uniformitarianism in Late Cycladic I: Perspectives from Kea and Milos on the Prehistory of Akrotiri’, In Hardy et al. (eds.) [1990] 185-200, 'Mavromatis Quarry (Doumas 1983, 45).', pg. 190. Online here.

2.  Hardy et al. (eds.) [1990]:  Hardy, D.A. et al. (eds.). Thera and the Aegean World III. Volume one. Archaeology. . Proceedings of the third international congress Santorini, Greece 3-9 September 1989., '',

3.  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, '56. Mavromatis quarry', pg. 25.

4.  Soterakopoulos [2004]:  Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '13. Ὀρυχεία Μαυρομάτη.', pg. 73. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6931 is at 36.3628° N, 25.41512° E, a straight-line distance of 154.7 m.