Site details

Plaka

PK	C7404
TITLE	Plaka
WGS84	37.766612° N, 24.882427° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.766612, 24.882427
LON/LAT	24.882427, 37.766612

DMS

37° 45' 59.8032" N

24° 52' 56.7372" E

W3W	trump, idiomatic, evaluator
UTM	35 S, 313484.37, 4182032.1
EGSA87	577572, 4180000

Elevation m	23
Elevation feet	75.5
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Andros

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    Hab.   Koutsoukou [1992:2], 461    'There are traces of prehistoric habitation ... '
2.    Lithics.   Koutsoukou [1992:2], 463    'Obsidian', 'Five obsidian chips, of which no 3 is an irregular blade and the other are flakes.'
3.    Pottery.   Koutsoukou [1992:2], 462    Catalog of ceramic finds in Koutsoukou [1992:2] pp. 462-3
4.    Settlement.   Broodbank [2000], 327    ' ... the only known large MBA settlement is at PIaka, ... '
5.    Wall.   Koutsoukou [1992:2], 461    ' ... it is useful to note that early walls survive at the foundation of many modern terrace walls, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Koutsoukou [1992:2]: 462, 'EC?', see no. 13.
    b.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, 'ΠΚ III. MK (πρώιμη).' ΠΚ III = Proto-Cycladic III

2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Broodbank [2000]: 327, 'On Andros a similar pattern might be anticipated; to date the only known large MBA settlement is at PIaka, ... '

3. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Koutsoukou [1992:2]: 462, 'MC'
    b.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, 'ΠΚ III. MK (πρώιμη).' MK (πρώιμη) = Early Middle Cycladic

NOTE

1. The photograph of the site in Koutsoukou [1992:2] 594, pl. 1 can be replicated in Google Earth from a position at 37.767445° N, 24.881527° E and looking along an azimuth of about 157° or roughly SSE.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Broodbank [2000]: Broodbank, Cyprian. An Island Archaeology of the Early Cyclades. Cambridge University Press, '', pg. 327.

2. Koutsoukou [1992:2]: Koutsoukou, Anthi. An Archaeological Survey in North-West Andros, Cyclades (Part II). PhD Dissertation prepared for University of Edinburgh, '5. Plaka', pg. 461. Online here.

3. Soterakopoulos [2004]: Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '6. Πλάκα.', pg. 72. Online here.