Site details

Lioni: Hab

PK	C1112
TITLE	Lioni: Hab
WGS84	36.158654° N, 22.981346° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	36.158654, 22.981346
LON/LAT	22.981346, 36.158654

DMS

36° 9' 31.1544" N

22° 58' 52.8456" E

W3W	strong, melons, underfunded
UTM	34 S, 678227, 4003364
EGSA87	408225, 4001738

Elevation m	175
Elevation feet	574.1
Region	Kythera

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 111    'On gently sloping terraces about 300 m. to northeast of the tombs (C1111, rhc) and to east of the road sherds of LH I-II type were observed ...', ' ..., suggesting an undefended site of Minoan type.'
2.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 96    'Besiedlung ... ist hier festgestellt worden.'
3.    Sherds.   Laconia II, 149
4.    Sherds.   Benton [1931], 245    'North-East of the tomb excavated by Stais and West of the church of H. Markos, I found part of the base, neck and handle of a L.M. II pithos which was decorated with finger-marked bands.'

SITE SIZE

- Laconia II  p. 149,  Size: 20000 sq. m.  'The nature of the site (scattered over an indefensible terrace) suggests Minoan rather than Mycenaean influence.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 96, 'Besiedlung in FH, MH und SH I - III ist hier festgestellt worden.'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 96, 'Besiedlung in FH, MH und SH I - III ist hier festgestellt worden.'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 149, ' ..., are sparsely covered with ancient sherds over an extent of 200 by 100 metres, and some of these are of the L.H./L.M. period.'

4. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 96, 'Besiedlung in FH, MH und SH I - III ist hier festgestellt worden.'

5. Late Minoan: (1675 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 149, ' ..., and some of these are of the L.H./L.M. period.'

6. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 111, ' ... two chamber tombs, one of which contained LM IB and LH (IIB-)IIIA1 pottery and other goods.', ' ... and to east of the road sherds of LM I-II type were observed ... '

7. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 96, 'Besiedlung in FH, MH und SH I - III ist hier festgestellt worden.'

8. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 111, ' ... and to east of the road sherds of LM I-II type were observed ... '
    b.    Laconia II: 149, ' ... where Miss Benton found part of a L.M. II Pithos, ... '
    c.    Benton [1931]: 245, ' ... of a L.M. II pithos which was decorated with ... '

9. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 96, 'Besiedlung in FH, MH und SH I - III ist hier festgestellt worden.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Kythera', pg. 96.

2. Benton [1931]: Benton, Sylvia. ‘The Ionian Islands’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, (32), pp. 213-246, 1931/32., '11. Kythera', pg. 245. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 54 Kythera: Lioni (Kythera)', pg. 111. Online here.

4. Laconia II: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 56, pp. 114-175, 1961, 'Lioni', pg. 149. Online here.