Site details

Methymna: Dabia: G Artifacts

PK	C7618
TITLE	Methymna: Dabia: G Artifacts
WGS84	39.371339° N, 26.168281° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.371339, 26.168281
LON/LAT	26.168281, 39.371339

DMS

39° 22' 16.8204" N

26° 10' 5.8116" E

W3W	freeing, trotted, zeal
UTM	35 S, 428357.46, 4358315.65
EGSA87	686631, 4359941

Elevation m	10
Elevation feet	32.8
Region	NE Aegean
Subregion	Lesbos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Spencer [1995], 283    ' ...., Buchholz found three stray finds of a painted Geometric sherd, a loomweight, and a spindle whorl ... '
2.    Pottery.   Spencer [1995], 283    ' ... sherd comes from a skyphos ... '
3.    Sherds.   Spencer [1995], 283    ' ... a painted Geometric sherd, ... ', 'The sherd comes from a skyphos with pendent semicircles, dated by Kearsley to the late ninth century or the first half of the eighth century.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Spencer [1995]: 283, ' ... a painted Geometric sherd, ... '

2. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Spencer [1995]: 283, ' ..., a loomweight, and a spindlewhorl (the latter two finds datable either to the late Geometric or early archaic periods).'

3. Early Archaic: (700 BC - 600 BC)
    a.    Spencer [1995]: 283, ' ..., a loomweight, and a spindlewhorl (the latter two finds datable either to the late Geometric or early archaic periods).'

NOTE

1. Spencer's reference to Kearsley is to R. Kearsley, The Pendent Semi-circle Skyphos (BICS supp. 44; London, 1989).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Spencer [1995]: Spencer, Nigel. ‘Early Lesbos between East and West: A 'Grey Area' of Aegean Archaeology’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (90) 269-306. 1995., 'In the Dabia area of the town, ... ', pg. 283. Online here.