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Steno: Metalworking Site

PKC7296
TITLESteno: Metalworking Site
WGS84 37.48964° N, 22.456043° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.48964, 22.456043
LON/LAT 22.456043, 37.48964

DMS 37° 29' 22.704" N,22° 27' 21.7548" E

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UTM34 S, 628721.15, 4150187.54
EGSA87 363357, 4150024

Elevation m657
Elevation feet 2155.5
RegionArcadia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Hab

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Petrakis [2002], 7    ' ... what he (Spyropoulos, rhc) identified as an Early Helladic bronze-working establishment ... '
2.    Artifacts.   Kayafa [1999], 204    ' ..., where kilns and other metallurgical debris have been investigated, ... '
3.    Settlement.   Kayafa [1999], 204    ' ... one or perhaps two metallurgical sites of EH or MH date at Steno and Ayiorgitica, ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Petrakis [2002]: 7, ' ... an Early Helladic bronze-working establishment ... '

NOTE

1.  Additional: Spyropoulos, Th.G. 1982. "Στενό Αρκαδίας," ArchDelt 37 Chronika: 120-121. Kayafa [1999] 203, n. 202 says that neither site (Steno or Ayiorgitica(C7297)) have been adequately documented. It is very tempting to deal with these sites together as they both appear to be metalworking sites of about the same period although not much is established about either. Kayafa continues: 'The EH date of Steno has been strongly doubted. For example, Muhly (1991,184) believes that it is much later (Hellenistic), while Papastamataki (1985,59) reports that Steno should not even be regarded as a metallurgical site since no slags were found associated with the furnaces'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Kayafa [1999]:  Kayafa, Maria. Bronze Age Metallurgy in the Peloponnese, Greece. A Thesis Submitted to the University of Birmingham for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 'Chapter 8: Arcadia', pg. 203. Online here.

2.  Petrakis [2002]:  Petrakis, Susan L.. Ayioryitika; the 1928 Excavations of Carl Blegen at a Neolithic to Early Helladic Settlement in Arcadia. Institute for Aegean Prehistory Academic Press, 'Chapter 1; Archaeological and Environmental Background', pg. 7. Online here.



PHOTOS AND IMAGES


Metallurgical (?) site at Steno, Arcadia
Dr. Hajo Becker asserts his rights to this photograph under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).


Metallurgical (?) site at Steno, Arcadia
Dr. Hajo Becker asserts his rights to this photograph under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C7296 is at 37.5426° N, 22.72236° E, a straight-line distance of 24 km and 242 m.