Site details

Vasilika C

PK	C7635
TITLE	Vasilika C
WGS84	40.510139° N, 23.134815° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	40.510139, 23.134815
LON/LAT	23.134815, 40.510139

DMS

40° 30' 36.5004" N

23° 8' 5.334" E

W3W	reinsert, glare, parents
UTM	34 T, 680870.49, 4486569.53
EGSA87	426551, 4484454

Elevation m	106
Elevation feet	347.8
Region	Macedonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   French [1967], 68    'Stone axes - 45-46'
2.    Lithics.   Niebieszczański [2012], 30    ' ..., the prospection brought 46 stone axes and 44 "anchors".'
3.    Mound.   French [1967], 39    'Topography: double mound ; in plain; cut by main road at S end; ... '
4.    Mound.   Niebieszczański [2012], 29    ' Two mounds orientated on N-S line.'
5.    Sherds.   French [1967], 68    ' ...; ? EH I: 17-18; ... '
6.    Sherds.   Niebieszczański [2012], 30    'Transition between Neolithic and Bronze Age is visible in 13 sherds, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Niebieszczański [2012]  p. 29,  Size: 105171 sq. m.  'First mound dimension: d1: 350m, d2: 250m, h: 2m,d the second one: d: 150m, h: 3m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Neolithic: (4500 BC - 3100 BC)
    a.    Niebieszczański [2012]: 29, 'The oldest pottery remains from this mound has their origins in the Late Neolithic.'

2. Early Bronze Age I: (3300 BC - 3000 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 68, 'EB - EB 1: 14-16; ... '

3. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Niebieszczański [2012]: 30, 'Transition between Neolithic and Bronze Age is visible in 13 sherds, and early stage of second consists of 36 pieces.'

4. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 68, 'LN/EB - 10-13'

5. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 68, ' ...; ? EH I: 17-18; ... '

6. Early Bronze Age II: (3000 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 68, ' ...; EB 2: 19-20'

NOTES

1. I have misgivings about the placement of this site. Although it does fulfill all of French's parameters I see no evidence of these (low) twin mounds. An alternative location may be 40.497821° N, 23.113002° E. I regard Niebieszczański's proposed location to be the least likely.

2. The Mycenaean Atlas Project would like to thank Dr. Stratos Nanoglou of the University of Thessalonika for making available a copy of French [1967] which would have been otherwise difficult to obtain.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. French [1967]: French, D.H.. Index of Prehistoric Sites in Central Macedonia and Catalogue of Sherd Material in The University of Thessaloniki. Athens, 'Vasilika C V 9', pg. 39.

2. Niebieszczański [2012]: Niebieszczański, Jakub. ‘Geographical Information System methods implementation in the Anthemountas Valley Archaeological Project researches. Visualization and analysis of delimited study area.’, Poznań 2012, '7. Vasilika C', pg. 29. Online here.