PKey Report
PKC1187
TITLEPhylakopi
WGS84 36.755091° N, 24.509247° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 36.755091, 24.509247
LON/LAT 24.509247, 36.755091

DMS 36° 45' 18.3276" N,24° 30' 33.2892" E

W3Wsweeteners, continuously, ingratitude
UTM35 R, 247608, 2712384
EGSA87 545307, 4067537

Elevation m5
Elevation feet 16.4
RegionCyclades
SubregionMelos







GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982], 296    

2.    Artifacts.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1130    

3.    Artifacts.   BSA [1895], 63    

4.    Settlement.   Schallin [1993], 18    'The settlement was chronologically divided into four separate stages ... '

5.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 190    'The site was still important in the LH IIIB period, when it was again fortified.'

6.    Wall.   Simpson and Hagel [2006], 111    'The LB I fortification (the "Town Wall," ... ) was built at a time when LM IB pottery was being imported ... '



PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Cycladic I: (3200 BC - 2700 BC)

    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, 'ΠΚ (I, II)'

2. Grotta-Pelos: (3000 BC - 2600 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 190, 'GP KS Phyl I MB LB I-II LH IIIA1-C G'

    b.    Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: 296, 'G-P; K-S; Phyl I; MB; LB; (G)'

3. Early Cycladic II: (2700 BC - 2450 BC)

    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, 'ΠΚ (I, II)'

4. Keros-Syros: (2600 BC - 2200 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 190, 'GP KS Phyl I MB LB I-II LH IIIA1-C G'

5. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 190, 'GP KS Phyl I MB LB I-II LH IIIA1-C G'

6. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)

    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, 'MK'

7. Late Cycladic: (1700 BC - 1200 BC)

    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, 'ΥΕΧ (Ι-ΙΙΙΓ)'

8. Late Cycladic I: (1700 BC - 1625 BC)

    a.    Schallin [1993]: 18, ' ..., an impressive wall was constructed around the settlement in the early LBA.' In Schallin the LBA is conterminous with LC I and LC II. See p. 8, Table 1.'

9. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)

    a.    Schallin [1993]: 18, ' ... characterized by finds of LM IA pottery, ... '

10. Late Cycladic II: (1625 BC - 1420 BC)

    a.    Schallin [1993]: 18, ' ..., an impressive wall was constructed around the settlement in the early LBA.' In Schallin the LBA is conterminous with LC I and LC II. See p. 8, Table 1.'

11. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1580 BC)

    a.    Simpson and Hagel [2006]: 111, ' ... a time when LM IB pottery was being imported ... '

    b.    Schallin [1993]: 18, ' ..., the second stage by LM IB pottery.'

12. Late Bronze I: (1570 BC - 1400 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 190, 'GP KS Phyl I MB LB I-II LH IIIA1-C G'

    b.    Simpson and Hagel [2006]: 111, ' ... traces of the LB I fortification walls were found subsequently in the later British School excavations of 1974-77 ... '

    c.    Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: 296, 'The Late Bronze I town shows strong Cretan influences in its pottery, frescoes, pillar shrines etc., ... '

13. Late Cycladic III: (1420 BC - 1200 BC)

    a.    Schallin [1993]: 18, 'The third stage of the Third City (Phylakopi IV) belongs to the middle LBA ... ' In Schallin the middle LBA includes the LC III. See p. 8, Table 1.'

14. Late Helladic IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)

    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1130,

    b.    BSA [1895]: 63,

    c.    Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: 296, ' ... recently excavated pair of shrines, constructed in LH IIIA and IIIB1 ... '

15. Late Helladic IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 190, ' ...; and in the LH IIIA1 period the "Megaron', a prototype of LH III palaces, was built.'

16. Late Bronze II: (1400 BC - 1200 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 190, 'GP KS Phyl I MB LB I-II LH IIIA1-C G'

17. Late Helladic IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 190, 'The site was still important in the LH IIIB period, ... '

    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1130,

    c.    BSA [1895]: 63,

18. Late Helladic IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)

    a.    Simpson and Hagel [2006]: 111, 'The later fortification wall or "City Wall" (Wall 100), partly uncovered in the 1974-1977 British School excavations, is firmly dated to the LH IIIB1 period ... '

    b.    Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: 296, ' ... recently excavated pair of shrines, constructed in LH IIIA and IIIB1 ... '

19. Late Helladic IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 190, 'Two successive shrines near these later fortifications were in use from LH IIIA to well into LH IIIC.'

    b.    Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: 296, ' ... continuing in use as a sanctuary complex until LH IIIC, ... '

    c.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1130,

    d.    BSA [1895]: 63,

20. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 190, 'GP KS Phyl I MB LB I-II LH IIIA1-C G'

    b.    Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]: 296, ' ...; LB; (G)'

    c.    BSA [1895]: 63,


NOTE

1.  Additional bibliography: Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos 1974-77. Supplementary Volume; British School at Athens. Dec. 1, 2007. ISBN-13: 978-0904887549

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  BSA [1895]:  Annual of the British School at Athens, Athens, Greece. (2) 1895, '', pg. 63. Online here.

2.  Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]:  Renfrew, Colin and Malcolm Wagstaff (eds.). An Island Polity; The archaeology of exploitation in Melos. Cambridge University Press. 1982., '', pg. 296.

3.  Schallin [1993]:  Schallin, Ann-Louise. Islands under Influence: The Cyclades in the Late Bronze Age and the Nature of Mycenaean Presence.. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, no. 111. Jonsered 1993, '27. Phylakopi', pg. 18.

4.  Simpson and Hagel [2006]:  Simpson, R. Hope and D.K. Hagel. Mycenaean Fortifications, Highways, Dams and Canals. SIMA vol. 133. Paul Åströms Förlag. Sävedalen, Sweden. 2006., 'Melos: Phylakopi', pg. 110.

5.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Melos: Phylakopi', pg. 190. Online here.

6.  Soterakopoulos [2004]:  Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '20. Φυλακωπή.', pg. 73. Online here.

7.  Syriopoulos [1995]:  Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1130.