Site details

Kea: Troullos

PK	C1164
TITLE	Kea: Troullos
WGS84	37.672866° N, 24.322426° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.672866, 24.322426
LON/LAT	24.322426, 37.672866

DMS

37° 40' 22.3176" N

24° 19' 20.7336" E

W3W	stutters, bleakly, pirates
UTM	35 S, 263854, 4172893
EGSA87	528285, 4169281

Elevation m	56
Elevation feet	183.7
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Kea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Building.   Caskey [1971], 392    'On the summit, some 65 m. above sea-level, there appears to have been a nearly rectangular enclosure measuring ca. 11.50 m. on the north end and 15 m. on the west side ...'
2.    Building.   Schallin [1993], 16    'The architectural remains are believed by the excavator J. Caskey to represent either a watchtower or a temple.'
3.    Building.   Sutton et al. [1991], 101    'Buildings excavated (1966) on the summit include two adjoining rectangular enclosures.'
4.    Buildings.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 305    ' ... building-foundations attributable to the early LBA ... '
5.    Observatory.   Soterakopoulos [2004], 73    'Ὁ ανασκαφέας J. L. Caskey έρμήνευσε τήν Θέση ώς παρατηρητήριο, ... '
6.    Peak Sanctuary.   Soterakopoulos [2004], 73    ' ... θεωρούν ότι κατά τήν ΜΕΧ καί τήν ΥΕΧ λειτουργούσε ώς μινωικό ίερό κορυφής ... '
7.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 305    'Remains of early occupation and building-foundations attributable to the early LBA have been found.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Sutton et al. [1991]: 101, ' ... BA (2+); ... '

2. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Sutton et al. [1991]: 101, 'ECyc; ... '

3. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 305, 'EB MB LB I-II'

4. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Caskey [1971]: 394, 'Spout of a plain sauceboat of E. H. type, heavy, undecorated.'

5. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Caskey [1971]: 394, 'Two handfuls of sherds of Matt-painted wares ..., probably all of the Middle Bronze Age.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 305, 'EB MB LB I-II'

6. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Sutton et al. [1991]: 101, 'ECyc; (MCyc?); LCyc I-II ... '
    b.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, ' ... MK. ... '

7. Late Cycladic I: (1700 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 16, 'The site is not thought to have been in use after the early LBA.'
    b.    Sutton et al. [1991]: 101, 'ECyc; (MCyc?); LCyc I-II ... '

8. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Caskey [1971]: 394, ' ... horizontal bands at base, small dots on body, neck coated; probably L.H. I.'

9. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Caskey [1971]: 394, ' ..., the rest of plain shapes common at Ayia Irini in the period of L.M.IB/L.H.II; ... '

10. Late Cycladic II: (1625 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 16, 'The site is not thought to have been in use after the early LBA.'
    b.    Sutton et al. [1991]: 101, 'MCyc-LCyc II 2; ... '

11. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Caskey [1971]: 394, ' ..., the rest of plain shapes common at Ayia Irini in the period of L.M.IB/L.H.II; ... '

12. Late Bronze I: (1570 BC - 1400 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 305, 'EB MB LB I-II'
    b.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, ' ... YEX (I-II)'

13. Late Bronze II: (1400 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 305, 'EB MB LB I-II'
    b.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, ' ... YEX (I-II)'

NOTE

1. Schallin [1993] (pg. 8, Table 1) regards LCI and LCII to be part of the 'early LBA'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Caskey [1971]: Caskey, John L.. ‘Investigations in Keos. Part I: Excavations and Explorations, 1966-1970’, Hesperia, vol. 40, issue 4, pp. 358-396, 1971, 'Troullos', pg. 392. Online here.

2. Cherry et al. [1991]: Cherry J.F. and J. L. Davis, E. Mantzourani, (eds.). Landscape Archaeology As Long-Term History; Northern Keos in the Cycladic Islands. Monumenta Archaeologica 16, Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles. 1991., '', Online here.

3. Schallin [1993]: Schallin, Ann-Louise. Islands under Influence: The Cyclades in the Late Bronze Age and the Nature of Mycenaean Presence.. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, no. 111. Jonsered 1993, '17. Troullos', pg. 16.

4. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'Kea; Troullos', pg. 305. Online here.

5. Soterakopoulos [2004]: Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '17. Τρούλλος. ', pg. 73. Online here.

6. Sutton et al. [1991]: Sutton, R.F. Jr. and J.F. Cherry, J.L. Davis, E. Mantzourani. Gazetteer of Archaeological Sites. In Cherry et al. [1991], pp. 69-156., '37. Troullos', pg. 101. Online here.