A reassessment of Mackenzie’s second and third cities at Phylakopi

Brodie, N. (2009) A reassessment of Mackenzie’s second and third cities at Phylakopi. Annual of the British School at Athens, 104, pp. 49-72. (doi: 10.1017/S0068245400000204)

Abstract

Duncan Mackenzie's interpretation of the Phylakopi stratigraphy, which he presented in 1904 as the final chapter of the excavation report, continues to structure discussion of the site's history. Mackenzie proposed a sequence of three ‘Cities’, which are seen to correspond to EC III, MC, and LC periods of occupation respectively. This paper examines Mackenzie's interpretation in light of his own notes taken during excavation, and the results of subsequent excavations undertaken by Dawkins and Droop in 1911 and Renfrew from 1974 to 1977. It concludes that while the urban sequence at Phylakopi is probably more complex than Mackenzie appreciated, his suggestion of a three City succession is broadly correct, but that the Second City should be redated to MC–LC II, and the Third City to LC III.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Brodie, Dr Neil
• Authors: Brodie, N.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences
• Journal Name: Annual of the British School at Athens
• Publisher: British School at Athens
• ISSN: 0068-2454
• ISSN (Online): 2045-2403
• Published Online: 10 June 2011
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2009 Cambridge University Press
• First Published: First published in Annual of the British School at Athens 104:49-72
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher