Site details

Pelos

PK	C6946
TITLE	Pelos
WGS84	36.722519° N, 24.500055° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	36.722519, 24.500055
LON/LAT	24.500055, 36.722519

DMS

36° 43' 21.0684" N

24° 30' 0.198" E

W3W	hairstylist, inversions, golf
UTM	35 S, 276738.69, 4067004.67
EGSA87	544506, 4063920

Elevation m	33
Elevation feet	108.3
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Melos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Cherry [1982], 298    'CEM. Early Cycladic cemetery and (?) later settlement excavated by Edgar in 1896, ... '
2.    Cem.   Leekley and Noyes [1975], 45    'C.C. Edgar excavated the Early Cycladic cemetery and settlement at Pelos ... '
3.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 315    'The type-cemetery of the GP phase was excavated here, ... '
4.    Cem.   Soterakopoulos [2004], 74    'Θέση ΠΚ νεκροταφείου ... ' Proto-Cycladic (EC).
5.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 315    'MacKenzie ... reports seeing pottery in the neighbourhood ... '
6.    Settlement.   Schallin [1993], 17    ' ... and is mainly a settlement and cemetery of the Grotta-Pelos phase.'
7.    Settlement.   Soterakopoulos [2004], 74    ' ... and a later (?) settlement ... ' == ' ... καί μεταγενέστερου(;) οίκισμού ... '
8.    Sherds.   Schallin [1993], 17    'Mackenzie and Edgar, however, found Mycenaean sherds in the vicinity when they explored the site in 1896.'
9.    Sherds.   Mackenzie [1896], 74    'A good many fragments picked up had colour and varnish, so that the site as a whole seemed to repeat the different stages, including the Mycenaean proper, ... '
10.    Tomb.   Edgar [1896], 36    ' ..., a peasant lately came upon a tomb of the early Aegean type.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Leekley and Noyes [1975]: 45, ' ... the Early Cycladic cemetery ... '
    b.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 74, 'Θέση ΠΚ νεκροταφείου ... ' ΠΚ: Proto-Cycladic (EC).

2. Early Cycladic I: (3200 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 74, 'PK (I). ... '

3. Grotta-Pelos: (3000 BC - 2600 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 17, ' ... settlement and cemetery of the Grotta-Pelos phase.'
    b.    Cherry [1982]: 298, 'G - P; (MB?); (LB?); (G); A; C'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 315, 'GP ... '

4. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Cherry [1982]: 298, 'G - P; (MB?); (LB?); (G); A; C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 315, ' ... MB? ... '

5. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 74, ' ... MK; ... ' i.e. Mid Cycladic?

6. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 17, ' ... Mycenaean sherds ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 316, ' ... different stages at Phylakopi "including the Mycenaean proper". This has not been confirmed by later survey, but cannot be dismissed out of hand.'
    c.    Mackenzie [1896]: 74, ' ... the different stages, including the Mycenaean proper, ... '

7. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Cherry [1982]: 298, 'G - P; (MB?); (LB?); (G); A; C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 315, ' ... LB?'
    c.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 74, ' ... YEX'

8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Cherry [1982]: 298, 'G - P; (MB?); (LB?); (G); A; C'

9. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Cherry [1982]: 298, 'G - P; (MB?); (LB?); (G); A; C'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Cherry [1982]: Cherry, John F.. ‘Appendix A: Register of Archaeological Sites on Melos’, In Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982] 291 - 309, '39. Pelos (Cemetery) K979019', pg. 298.

2. Edgar [1896]: Edgar, C.C.. ‘Pre-Historic Tombs at Pelos’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (3) 35-51. 1896., '', pg. 36. Online here.

3. Leekley and Noyes [1975]: Leekley, Dorothy and Robert Noyes. Archaeological Excavations in the Greek Islands. Noyes Press, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1975, 'Melos:', pg. 45.

4. Mackenzie [1896]: Mackenzie, Duncan. ‘Ancient Sites in Melos’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (3) 71-88. 1896, '', pg. 74. Online here.

5. Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: Renfrew, Colin and Malcolm Wagstaff (eds.). An Island Polity; The archaeology of exploitation in Melos. Cambridge University Press. 1982., '',

6. 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, '26. Pelos', pg. 17.

7. 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., 'Pelos', pg. 315. Online here.

8. Soterakopoulos [2004]: Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '23. Πηλός;', pg. 74. Online here.