Site details

Ancient Archontiko: West Cemetery

PK	C7366
TITLE	Ancient Archontiko: West Cemetery
WGS84	40.786272° N, 22.466872° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.786272, 22.466872
LON/LAT	22.466872, 40.786272

DMS

40° 47' 10.5792" N

22° 28' 0.7392" E

W3W	auctioneer, recurrent, plug
UTM	34 T, 623765.83, 4516066.72
EGSA87	370494, 4515877

Elevation m	65
Elevation feet	213.3
Region	Macedonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     ' ... jewellery and loom weights ... ', ' ... the presence of weapons ... ', 'The jewellery include bronze fibulae, bronze or iron pins, beads, rings, earrings, armlets, amber beads or in gold, one hair-coil in gold. Some gold mouth-pieces were found too.'
2.    Cem.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'The site includes ... 4 cemeteries (W, S, SW, N), used from the late IA to the early Hel period.'
3.    Mound.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'The site includes a toumba-trapeza and 4 cemeteries (W, S, SW, N), ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Iron Age: (1200 BC - 960 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Overall Phases of Use: From EIA to Hel', 'The (49) "EIA burials" ... are reported to include pit graves and rarely cist graves.'
    b.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'The Late Iron Age period is defined in the Archontikon publications as covering the years from the second half of the 7th c. BC until 580 BC.'

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Overall Phases of Use: From EIA to Hel'

3. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Overall Phases of Use: From EIA to Hel'

4. Early Archaic: (700 BC - 600 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From EA to EA'

NOTES

1. Rejecting the Aristeia Project position.

2. The relevant Aristeia Project Page is here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander . Η Κοινωνική Αρχαιολογία του Ελληνικού Κόσμου κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου και την Πρώιμη Αρχαϊκή περίοδο (The Aristeia Project: The Social Archeology of the Greek World during the Early Iron Age and the Early Archaic period), 'Archontiko, West Cemetery', Online here.