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Temenos of the Artemision: Delos

PK	C7704
TITLE	Temenos of the Artemision: Delos
WGS84	37.400888° N, 25.266319° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.400888, 25.266319
LON/LAT	25.266319, 37.400888

DMS

37° 24' 3.1968" N

25° 15' 58.7484" E

W3W	anyhow, lodgers, sleeveless
UTM	35 S, 346551.3, 4140756.02
EGSA87	611932, 4139810

Elevation m	3
Elevation feet	9.8
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Delos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 310    'The famous hoard of ivories and other objects found beneath the Artemision ... '
2.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979],     ' ... and G pottery.' Simpson implies that this is part of the famous hoard.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 310, ' ... and the hoard is very mixed, including ordinary MB, LH, PG, and G pottery.'

2. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, 'MK. ... '

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 310, ' ... and other objects attributable to the LH ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 310, ' ..., including ordinary MB, LH, PG, and G pottery.'

4. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, ' ... YEX (I-IIIΓ).'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 310, 'Likely LH IIIC material is reported, ... '

6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 310, ' ..., including ordinary MB, LH, PG, and G pottery.'

7. Late Protogeometric: (950 BC - 925 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 310, ' ... the next datable material is LPG of Attic type, ... '

8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 310, ' ..., including ordinary MB, LH, PG, and G pottery.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'The Temenos', pg. 310. Online here.

2. Soterakopoulos [2004]: Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '9. Τέμενος (Άρτεμίσιον).', pg. 72. Online here.