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Olynthos (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 16 51 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.2817 decimal degrees |
| Long: 023 20 13 E degrees minutes |
Long: 23.3372 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located three km inland from bay of Terone, built atop two flat-topped hills; there was habitation in Late Neolithic period, but was deserted in Bronze Age; continuous habitation again occurred from around 1000 BCE; Iron Age settlement included Boiotians; population expanded after 432 BCE. |
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| Olynthos (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U,N)
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| Olynthus (C,V,Latin,U,N)
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| Olinthus (C,V)
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| Ὀλυνθος (C,V,Greek,U)
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Olynthos (deserted settlement) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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inhabited in Late Neolithic period; destroyed by Macedonians in 348 BCE, but there were still a few inhabitants here in 316 BCE |
| archaeological site (C) |
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excavations were begun in 1928 & 1938 |
| inhabited place (H) |
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| Late Neolithic (H) |
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| Bronze Age (H) |
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| Iron Age (H) |
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