Site details

Aïla

PK	C7165
TITLE	Aïla
WGS84	37.008358° N, 25.50984° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	37.008358, 25.50984
LON/LAT	25.50984, 37.008358

DMS

37° 0' 30.0888" N

25° 30' 35.424" E

W3W	independent, tussled, swirled
UTM	35 S, 367421.78, 4096837.45
EGSA87	634181, 4096577

Elevation m	464
Elevation feet	1522.3
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Naxos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Renfrew [2011], 11418    ' ... a pyxis, ... and metal tools and cups of the middle bronze age ... '
2.    Cem.   Soterakopoulos [2004],     'Cluster of tombs ... ' == 'Συστάδα τάφων ... '
3.    Cist Tomb.   Renfrew [2011], 11418    'Cist graves excavated by Stephanos ... '
4.    Cist Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 331    'At least 3 cists have been excavated here, ... '
5.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 331    ' ..., and GP sherds were picked up nearby.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Cycladic I: (3200 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, 'ΠΚ (Ι). ... '

2. Grotta-Pelos: (3000 BC - 2600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 331, 'GP MB'
    b.    Renfrew [2011]: 11418, ' ... a pyxis in the style of the Grotta-Pelos culture ... '

3. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 331, 'GP MB'
    b.    Renfrew [2011]: 11418, ' ... and metal tools and cups of the middle bronze age ... '

4. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, ' ... MK.'

NOTES

1. Page numbers in Renfrew [2011] are, in actuality, location numbers in the electronic edition, ISBN 978-1-78570-773-5.

2. The position of Aïla is computed from Renfrew's origin point at Phylakopi on Melos. The offset from there to Aïla is given by Renfrew [2011] (Kindle position 11410, no. 25) as 900290. So the position of Aïla is 90 km. E of the origin and 29 km N. That puts it very close (c. 225 m.) to my interpolation of Wong's [2020] Fig. 1 position for Aïla. It is the location that I have used here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Renfrew [2011]: Renfrew, Colin. The Emergence of Civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millenium BC. Oxbow Books. Second ed., 2011 (First edition 1972), 'Aïla', pg. 11418. Online here.

2. 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., 'Aïla', pg. 331. Online here.

3. Soterakopoulos [2004]: Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '43. Άίλάς.', pg. 75. Online here.

4. Wong [2020]: Wong, Todd. esri Canada | Centres of Excellence, '', Online here.