Manika, Greece
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Manika was an ancient town in Euboea Greece, dating to the Early Helladic period II (2800–2200 BC). The settlement covered an area of {{convert|50|-|80|ha|acre}}, and was inhabited by 6,000–13,500-15,000 people according to estimates. It was one of the largest settlements of the Bronze Age in Greece.{{harvnb|Sampson|1987|p=19}}.{{harvnb|MacSweeney|2004|loc=p. 57 (Table 1. Population estimates for Aegean sites in EB II)}}.{{cite thesis |last1=Weiberg |first1=Erika |title=Thinking the Bronze Age: Life and Death in Early Helladic Greece |date=2007 |type=PhD |publisher=Uppsala universitet |isbn=978-91-554-6782-1 |series=Uppsala Studies in Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Civilizations |url=http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:169578/FULLTEXT01.pdf |language=en}}
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- {{cite journal |last=MacSweeney |first=Naoise |title=Social Complexity and Population: A Study in the Early Bronze Age Aegean |year=2004 |journal=Papers from the Institute of Archaeology |volume=15 |pages=52–65 |doi=10.5334/256 |doi-access=free|hdl=2381/27925 |hdl-access=free }}
- {{cite journal |last=Sampson |first=Adamantios |title=The Early Helladic Graves of Manika: Contribution to the Socioeconomic Conditions of the Early Bronze Age |journal=Aegaeum |volume=1 |year=1987 |pages=19–28 |url=http://www2.ulg.ac.be/archgrec/IMG/aegeum/aegaeum1%28pdf%29/Sampson.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051959/http://www2.ulg.ac.be/archgrec/IMG/aegeum/aegaeum1(pdf)/Sampson.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all}}
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Category:Cities in ancient Greece
Category:Aegean palaces of the Bronze Age
Category:Former populated places in Greece
Category:Helladic civilization
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