Site details
Limenaria
| PK | C7339 |
| TITLE | Limenaria |
| WGS84 | 40.626648° N, 24.573841° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 40.626648, 24.573841 |
| LON/LAT | 24.573841, 40.626648 |
| DMS | 40° 37' 35.9328" N | , | 24° 34' 25.8276" E |
| W3W | licks, zombie, reserve |
| UTM | 35 T, 294799.85, 4500142.56 |
| EGSA87 | 548384, 4497185 |
| Elevation m | 10 |
| Elevation feet | 32.8 |
| Region | Macedonia |
| Subregion | Thasos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Papadopoulos and Malamidou [2008], 434 'The large number of spindle whorls in the Bronze Age layers indicates that weaving must have been an activity that has taken off during this period.'2. Settlement. Papadopoulos and Malamidou [2008], 427 ' ..., the largest part of the prehistoric settlement is today covered by the houses and the streets of the village ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Papadopoulos and Malamidou [2008]: 427, 'Neolithic layers appear on the hillsides while the Early Bronze Age ones cover the hilltop where no prior habitation has existed.'
b. Papadopoulos and Malamidou [2008]: 431, 'At least three building phases of the period (EBA, RHC) were located on the hilltop.'
2. Early Bronze Age II: (3000 BC - 2700 BC)
a. Papadopoulos and Malamidou [2008]: 431, 'Pottery characteristic of the EB II period in Eastern Macedonia ... '
b. Papadopoulos and Malamidou [2008]: 434, ' ... typical EB II pottery in the levelling fill just under the terrace.'
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. Papadopoulos and Malamidou [2008]: Papadopoulos, Stratis and Dimitra Malamidou. ‘Limenaria: A Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Settlement at Thasos’, In Erkanal et al. [2008], pp. 427-446., '', pg. 427.
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