Site details

Exochi: Koursona

PK	C7027
TITLE	Exochi: Koursona
WGS84	40.629445° N, 23.043753° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	40.629445, 23.043753
LON/LAT	23.043753, 40.629445

DMS

40° 37' 46.002" N

23° 2' 37.5108" E

W3W	stars, dominate, mascot
UTM	34 T, 672847.42, 4499631.11
EGSA87	418980, 4497777

Elevation m	474
Elevation feet	1555.1
Region	Macedonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Leekley and Efstratiou [1980], 83    'An iron spearhead and a matt-painted vase were recovered.'
2.    Artifacts.   AR[1975], 21    'Its contents included a matt-painted vase and an iron spear-head ... '
3.    Tomb.   Leekley and Efstratiou [1980], 83    'An 8th century B.C. slab cist tomb was discovered in 1970 at Koursona near Exochi.'
4.    Tomb.   AR[1975], 21    'Miss A. Rhomiopoulou describes the discovery in 1970 of a cist-tomb at Koursona, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AR[1975]: 21, ? ' ..., of eighth century B.C. date.'

2. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 83, ? 'An 8th century B.C. slab cist tomb ... '

3. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 83, ? 'An 8th century B.C. slab cist tomb ... '
    b.    AR[1975]: 21, ? ' ..., of eighth century B.C. date.'

NOTE

1. I cannot determine the location of the toponym 'Koursona' and so the marker is placed on the town of Exochi.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1975]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (22) 1975-1976., 'Nome of Kozani: Exochi.', pg. 21. Online here.

2. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: Leekley, Dorothy and Nicholas Efstratiou. Archaeological Excavations in Northern Greece. Noyes Press, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1980, 'Exokhi (Kozani)', pg. 83.