Site details

Sounion

PK	C7064
TITLE	Sounion
WGS84	37.650196° N, 24.024529° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	37.650196, 24.024529
LON/LAT	24.024529, 37.650196

DMS

37° 39' 0.7056" N

24° 1' 28.3044" E

W3W	structuring, fish, pathfinder
UTM	35 S, 237495.38, 4171170.4
EGSA87	502015, 4166717

Elevation m	65
Elevation feet	213.3
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 209    'A figurine of Cycladic type was said to have been found near the Temple of Poseidon.'
2.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 209    ' ... and cists, EH sherds, and obsidian were also reported ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 209, 'EH II LH?'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 209, 'EH II LH?'

NOTE

1. Simpson and Dickinson [1979] 209, 'F 24 Sounion' reference the popular publication Neon Athenaion 1 (1955) 286 as their source.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., 'F 24 Sounion', pg. 209. Online here.