Site details

Asprochorio

PK	C7005
TITLE	Asprochorio
WGS84	36.740452° N, 24.526461° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	36.740452, 24.526461
LON/LAT	24.526461, 36.740452

DMS

36° 44' 25.6272" N

24° 31' 35.2596" E

W3W	castaway, annual, spies
UTM	35 S, 279148.75, 4068933.23
EGSA87	546853, 4065921

Elevation m	94
Elevation feet	308.4
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Melos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 315    ' ... rock-cut tombs, ... '
2.    Cem.   Soterakopoulos [2004], 73    'Κατεστραμμένοι λαξευτοί τάφοι κοντα στήν ανατολική ακτή, ... ' == 'Damaged carved tombs near the east coast'
3.    Cem.   Cherry [1982], 298    'CEM.', 'Damaged rock-cut tombs, now destroyed by quarrying, ... '
4.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 315    'Vases from rock-cut tombs, ... '
5.    Pottery.   Cherry [1982], 298    ' ..., yielded several complete pots of Phylakopi I ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Phylakopi I: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Cherry [1982]: , ' ..., yielded several complete pots of Phylakopi I (and perhaps Phylakopi II) date, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 315, 'Phyl I or MB'
    c.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, '«Φυλακωπή I». MK;'

2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 315, ' ..., dated no later than early MB by Barber, ... '

3. Phylakopi II: (2000 BC - 1575 BC)
    a.    Cherry [1982]: 298, ' ..., yielded several complete pots of Phylakopi I (and perhaps Phylakopi II) date, ... '

4. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, '«Φυλακωπή I». MK;'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Cherry [1982]: Cherry, John F.. ‘Appendix A: Register of Archaeological Sites on Melos’, In Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982] 291 - 309, '37. Asprochorio K004036', pg. 298.

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

3. 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., 'Asprochorio', pg. 315. Online here.

4. Soterakopoulos [2004]: Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '22. "Άσπρο Χωριό; ', pg. 73. Online here.