Radiocarbon Dating of Aghios Antonios, Potos, and Intersite Chronological Variability in South Thasos, Greece

Maniatis, Yannis; Nerantzis, Nerantzis; Papadopoulos, Stratis

doi:10.2458/azu_rc.57.17778

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“…The mean start of the EBA for Mandalo has a large error due the wide spread of dates, which may belong to different subphases as discussed earlier, so it cannot be really compared with the rest at this stage. Around 3000 BC or slightly thereafter, the EBA II phase seems to start at different sites with the earliest one Aghios Antonios, again in Thasos, although with a large error due to a small number of dates (Maniatis et al 2015), and Sidirokastro with a more precise age at 2934±58 BC. It is interesting to note that the start of the EBA II ranges in the different sites from close to 3000 BC at Aghios Antonios and Sidirokastro to about 2600 BC; the latest site to enter this phase being Skala Sotiros in Thasos.…”

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“…This phase also contains 14 dates from Skala Sotiros IIa which is associated with EBA II (Koukouli-Chrysanthaki and Papadopoulos 2016; Koukouli-Chryssanthaki et al forthcoming). We also included two dates from Aghios Antonios III belonging to EBA II (Maniatis et al 2015). Since all dates conformed well to this phase of the model, no outliers were designated for this phase.…”

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Tracing the Absolute Time-Frame of the Early Bronze Age in the Aegean

Arvaniti

Maniatis

2018

Radiocarbon

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The Early Bronze Age (EBA) is associated with technological and cultural changes that may suggest the onset of a new culture. The question usually posed is whether the spread of the EBA culture is a matter of contemporary evolutionary practices or a matter of migration of peoples. We contribute to this discussion by tracing the appearance and spread of the EBA in the Aegean using an absolute time-frame provided by more than 200 radiocarbon (14C) dates from 25 different Aegean sites. These have been compiled and statistically treated, individually, and in geographical groups to allow temporal and spatial comparisons. A new model is constructed for the first time for northern Greece. The dates are compared between various settlements and areas in each of the traditional cultural divisions EBA I, EBA II, and EBA III and possible subdivisions. The statistical treatment and comparisons indicate that the EBA appeared slightly earlier, around 3300 BC, in northern Greece than in southern Greece, and the Cycladic Islands and also lasted longer in some areas in northern Greece, ending at around 1900 BC.

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Tracing the Absolute Time-Frame of the Early Bronze Age in the Aegean

Arvaniti

Maniatis

2018

Radiocarbon

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“…Aghios Antonios Potos in Thasos offers only two dates in the EB II period which give mean modelled dates of 2750 BC and 2600 BC (Maniatis et al 2015) falling in the early part of EC II period, preceding the Skarkos dates.…”

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Radiocarbon Dating of the Major Settlement at Skarkos (Ios Island, Cyclades) and Inferences for the Early Cycladic Chronology

Maniatis,

Marthari,

Polymeris

2023

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We have radiocarbon-dated the main settlement of Skarkos (Skarkos II) on the Cycladic island of Ios, using a set of animal bone samples. The site of Skarkos stands on a hill in a coastal plain, mid-way down the western side of Ios island and about 1 km from the island’s harbour. It is the first time this important settlement with a wealth of finds and an extraordinary building system with two-storey houses is dated in absolute terms complementing the chronology of the Cycladic EBA II period. The radiocarbon determinations show that the major phase of the settlement came to an end between circa 2550 and circa 2500 BC. The dates also confirm the archaeological evidence that the main occupation period is dated archaeologically to the EC II period (Keros-Syros culture). Furthermore, in order to embed the new Skarkos dates within the overall Cycladic chronology and define better the end of the EC II phase, we treated the Skarkos dates together with published dates from other Cycladic sites using Bayesian analysis considering two different models.

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“…For instance, the scarcity of archaeomagnetic data from the fourth millennium BC is due to several occupation gaps attested in many sites of Greece, especially Northern Greece, as well as in Bulgaria (Maniatis 2014 and references therein;Tsirtsoni 2016). This gap is partly bridged in Southern Thasos Island where settlements covering the second half of the fourth millennium BC have been excavated and dated (Maniatis et al 2015). Two other major features may be observed for the prehistoric period in the Balkans: the uneven temporal distribution of the data during the entire Bronze age (third and second millennium BC) and the systematically lower Greek archaeointensities, in comparison with the Bulgarian ones, for the Late sixth to the Late third millennium BC (Tema & Kondopoulou 2011).…”

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Investigating the archaeointensity determination success of prehistoric ceramics through a multidisciplinary approach: new and re-evaluated data from Greek collections

Kondopoulou¹,

Gómez‐Paccard

Aidona³

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Geophysical Journal International

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S U M M A R YThe Balkan area provides an almost continuous record of the geomagnetic field variations during the last eight millennia but important data dispersion and chronological gaps are still observed. In order to improve this pattern, we oriented our research towards the study of Greek prehistoric ceramics and pottery collections. We present here new archaeointensity and mineralogical results from pottery and ceramics collected in two Bronze Age sites in Northern Greece, corresponding to the middle third and middle second millennium BC. Thermal demagnetization experiments, thermomagnetic curves, thermal demagnetization measurements of three axes composite isothermal magnetization and first-order reversal curves (FORC) diagrams were performed in order to define the main magnetic carriers and select the most promising samples for archaeointensity determination. The results suggest that the majority of the studied materials are dominated by a mixture of superparamagnetic and stable single domain grains, with very little magnetic interactions. In almost all samples the main magnetic carrier observed is a low coercivity mineral, most probably magnetite and/or Ti-magnetite. Classical Thellier experiments, including both the thermoremanent magnetization anisotropy and cooling rate corrections were performed on the selected samples. Two new archaeointensities were obtained and compared with previous data available for Greece and neighbouring countries and with global geomagnetic field models results. In order to investigate the causes of the high rate of failure observed in our archaeointensity experiments, we re-examined the results obtained from the study of four collections already published by better characterizing the magnetic and mineralogical properties of the studied fragments. Specific hysteresis curves performed at different layers of ceramic fragments reveal an important degree of inhomogeneity. Mineralogical analysis of selected samples from the totality of six Greek prehistoric sites studied, including new X-ray powder diffraction analysis and a detailed description of the different geological contexts, is provided. The results suggest that the sherds were all fired in medium-high temperatures (mostly between 500• and 800• C). The nature of the baked clay paste in response to the local geology appears to account for a part of the variability in magnetic properties. We suggest that X-ray powder diffraction analyses and thorough examination of the geological environment in combination with a satisfactory knowledge of the corresponding excavations history might provide an additional tool to appropriately select pottery fragments before performing future archaeointensity experiments.

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Radiocarbon Dating of Aghios Antonios, Potos, and Intersite Chronological Variability in South Thasos, Greece

Cited by 5 publications

References 11 publications

Tracing the Absolute Time-Frame of the Early Bronze Age in the Aegean

Tracing the Absolute Time-Frame of the Early Bronze Age in the Aegean

Radiocarbon Dating of the Major Settlement at Skarkos (Ios Island, Cyclades) and Inferences for the Early Cycladic Chronology

Investigating the archaeointensity determination success of prehistoric ceramics through a multidisciplinary approach: new and re-evaluated data from Greek collections

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