Site details

Ayioritika: Metalworking Site

PK	C7297
TITLE	Ayioritika: Metalworking Site
WGS84	37.496763° N, 22.476666° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.496763, 22.476666
LON/LAT	22.476666, 37.496763

DMS

37° 29' 48.3468" N

22° 28' 35.9976" E

W3W	sights, revolutions, profiting
UTM	34 S, 630532.03, 4151006.26
EGSA87	365193, 4150784

Elevation m	670
Elevation feet	2198.2
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    .   Roy [2000], 373    ' ... by archaeological evidence of ancient (but probably not Classical) metal-working reported from the two sites of Steno and Ayioryitika, ... ' The site at Steno is C7296.
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. Prehistoric: (4000 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Roy [2000]: 373, ' ... ancient (but probably not Classical) ... '

2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Kayafa [1999]: 204, ' ..., the discovery of one or perhaps two metallurgical sites of EH or MH date at Steno and Ayiorgitica, ... '

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Kayafa [1999]: 204, ' ..., the discovery of one or perhaps two metallurgical sites of EH or MH date at Steno and Ayiorgitica, ... '

NOTES

1. This is a placeholder for a site that is, perhaps, EH. It consists of a EH building and at least one kiln for metalworking. It has not been adequately published and it appears to be very similar to the nearby C7296 S of Steno.

2. Kayafa [1999] 203, n. 202 says 'The site of Ayiorgitica is not yet known bibliographically' which is a subtle way of saying that neither site (Steno (C7296) or Ayiorgitica) have been adequately documented. It is very tempting to deal with these sites together as they appear to be metalworking sites of about the same period but not much is really known about either.

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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. Roy [2000]: Roy, James. ‘'The Economies of Arkadia', pp. 320-381’, Nielsen and Roy (eds.), 'fn. 117', pg. 373.