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Markiani

PKC7183
TITLEMarkiani
WGS84 36.791166° N, 25.847115° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 36.791166, 25.847115
LON/LAT 25.847115, 36.791166

DMS 36° 47' 28.1976" N,25° 50' 49.614" E

W3Wordain, infants, engulfing
UTM35 S, 397138.99, 4072325.97
EGSA87 664657, 4073009

Elevation m282
Elevation feet 925.2
RegionCyclades
SubregionAmorgos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Marangou et al. [2007], 6    ' ... and an abundance of obsidian artefacts, ... '
2.    Pottery.   Marangou et al. [2007], 6    ' ... revealed spindle-whorls, sherds of bowls, clay vase handles with incised decoration, fragments of vase bases with mat impressions ... '
3.    Settlement.   Marangou et al. [2007], 3    'The prehistoric settlement at Markiani ... was discovered during the course of the systematic investigation of the ancient sites and remains of Amorgos, ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Marangou et al. [2007]: 6, ' ..., all datable without hesitation to the EC period.'
    b.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, 'ΠΚ (Ι, «Κάμπος», ... ). ... ' Proto-Cycladic I: (Kampos)

2. Early Cycladic I: (3200 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Marangou et al. [2007]: 8, ' ... evident that the finds spanned almost the entire EBA, from EC I to EC III and that the site had been occupied continuously throughout this long period.'

3. Early Cycladic II: (2700 BC - 2450 BC)
    a.    Marangou et al. [2007]: 8, ' ... evident that the finds spanned almost the entire EBA, from EC I to EC III and that the site had been occupied continuously throughout this long period.'

4. Keros-Syros: (2600 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, 'ΠΚ ( ... II, «Καστρί»). ... ' Proto-Cycladic II: (Kastri).

5. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, ' ... ΜΚ (πρώιμη).' Middle Cycladic (early)

6. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Marangou et al. [2007]: 8, ' ..., sherds from the first terrace at least indicate use of the site in the Geometric ... periods, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Marangou et al. [2007]:  Marangou, Lila and Colin Renfrew, Christos Doumas, Giorgos Gavalas, Anastasia Angelopoulou, Kiki Birtacha, Pantelis Eskitzioglou, Efi Karantzali, Chris Scarre, Sarah Vaughan, Todd Whitelaw, Neil Brodie, Charly French, Rupert Housley, Lilian Karali-Gianakopoulou, Sturt Manning, Christine Morris, Jane M. Renfrew, Katerina Trantalidou, Heleni Andreopolou-Mangou. Μαρκιανη Αμοργου / Markiani, Amorgos: An Early Bronze Age Fortified Settlement: Overview of the 1985-1991 Investigations. BSA Supplementary Volume, 2007., '', Online here.

2.  Soterakopoulos [2004]:  Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '4. Μαρκιανή.', pg. 72. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C7183 is at 36.78662° N, 25.84881° E, a straight-line distance of 527.5 m.