Chalakies
| PK | C7199 |
| TITLE | Chalakies |
| WGS84 | 39.095031° N, 26.146213° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 39.095031, 26.146213 |
| LON/LAT | 26.146213, 39.095031 |
| DMS | 39° 5' 42.1116" N | , | 26° 8' 46.3668" E |
| W3W | overhear, glossies, mixing |
| UTM | 35 S, 426167.52, 4327669.28 |
| EGSA87 | 685457, 4329228 |
| Elevation m | 2 |
| Elevation feet | 6.6 |
| Region | NE Aegean |
| Subregion | Lesbos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds
TYPE
1. Lithics. Spencer [1995/2019], 18 'LN. and EBA. sherds and lithics ... '2. Pottery. Lambrianides and Spencer [2008], 336 'One large, amphoroid grey ware jar (now on display in Mytilene Museum) ... '
3. Sherds. Lambrianides and Spencer [2008], 336 'Our recent detailed examination of other previously unknown sherd material from the site, ... '
4. Sherds. Spencer [1995/2019], 18 'The surface scatter is said to consist of black, red and buff sherds ... together with a scatter of lithics, and Charitonidis dated the material to the LN. and EBA. periods.', 'LN. and EBA. sherds and lithics from the site are also stored in the DAI in Athens.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Neolithic: (4500 BC - 3100 BC)
a. Spencer [1995/2019]: 18, 'LN. and EBA. sherds and lithics ... ', ' ... and Charitonidis dated the material to the LN. and EBA. periods.'
2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Lambrianides and Spencer [2008]: 336, ' ..., the majority clearly belonging to the EB, ... '
b. Spencer [1995/2019]: 18, 'LN. and EBA. sherds and lithics ... ', ' ... and Charitonidis dated the material to the LN. and EBA. periods.'
NOTES
1. The description of the site in Spencer [1995/2019] 18, no. 84 is too clear to admit of any doubt about the exact location of the site. The 'spitaki' is at 39.095103°, N 26.146137° E and the 'two-storey house' is at 39.094731° N, 26.146210° E.
2. The reference to Charitonidis is to S. Charitonidis, 'Άρχαιότητες καὶ μνημεῖα νήσων Αἰγαίου· Μυτιλήνη', ArchDelt 16 (1960), Chronika 235-43.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Erkanal et al. [2008]: Erkanal, Hayat and Harald Hauptmann, Vasıf Şahoğlu, Rıza Tuncel. The Aegean in the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and the Early Bronze Age. Ankara Üniversitesi / Ankara University Sualti Arkeolojik Araştirma ve Uygulama Merkezi (Anküsam), Research Center For Maritime Archaeology (Anküsam), Yayın No / Publication No: 1, Ankara, 2008., '',
2. Lambrianides and Spencer [2008]: Lambrianides, Kyriacos and Nigel Spencer. ‘The Early Bronze Age Sites of Lesbos and the Madra Çay Delta: New Light on a Discrete Regional Centre of Prehistoric Settlement and Society in the Northeast Aegean’, In Erkanal et al. (eds.) [2008], 'Chalakies', pg. 336.
Online here.
3. Spencer [1995/2019]: Spencer, Nigel. A Gazetteer of Archaeological Sites in Lesbos. BAR International Series 623; BAR Publishing, Oxford UK., '84. Chalkies', pg. 18.