Site details

Volissos: Anemomilos

PK	C7299
TITLE	Volissos: Anemomilos
WGS84	38.465666° N, 25.932771° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.465666, 25.932771
LON/LAT	25.932771, 38.465666

DMS

38° 27' 56.3976" N

25° 55' 57.9756" E

W3W	unadjusted, collage, united
UTM	35 S, 406894.51, 4258023.11
EGSA87	668473, 4258966

Elevation m	2
Elevation feet	6.6
Region	NE Aegean
Subregion	Chios

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Hood [1981], 8    'The stone axe (15) was found just to the north of the road.'
2.    Pottery.   Hood [1981], 8    ' ... most of the prehistoric pottery appeared to be assignable to the earlier part of the Bronze Age (Emporio V-II), ... '
3.    Settlement.   Hood [1981], 8    'Settlement noted in 1961 on a low rocky hill by the sea ... '

SITE SIZE

- Hood [1981]  p. 8,  Size: 2500 sq. m.  ' ... remains of Bronze Age occupation could be traced over an area of some 50 x 50 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Hood [1981]: 8, ' ... most of the prehistoric pottery appeared to be assignable to the earlier part of the Bronze Age (Emporio V-II), ... '

2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Hood [1981]: 8, ' ..., some (pottery, RHC) might have been of Middle Bronze Age date.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hood [1981]: Hood, Sinclair. Prehistoric Emporio and Ayio Gala: Excavations in Chios 1938-1955, Volume 1. British School at Athens, Thames and Hudson Manuals (Book 15). 1982., '18. Volissos: Anemomilos', pg. 8. Online here.