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Kea: Kalidonichi (Sykamias)

PK	C1165
TITLE	Kea: Kalidonichi (Sykamias)
WGS84	37.638018° N, 24.4024° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	37.638018, 24.4024
LON/LAT	24.4024, 37.638018

DMS

37° 38' 16.8648" N

24° 24' 8.64" E

W3W	dishing, crushing, sled
UTM	35 S, 270801, 4168828
EGSA87	535354, 4165442

Elevation m	29
Elevation feet	95.1
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Kea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1128
2.    Artifacts.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1319
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 306    Sherds found on this promontory ...included material of Kephala type, ...
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 187    'Some fragments of deep bowls found on this promontory on the northeast coast may be LH IIIB or LH IIIC, or even of the early Dark Age.'
5.    Sherds.   Schallin [1993], 15    'Above the shore, prehistoric sherds are found in a rather dense scatter.'
6.    Sherds.   Caskey [1972], 358    'Among the sherds gathered there are ... ' See plate 76 in this article.
7.    Sherds.   Barber [1981], 17    'A promontory site with LH IIIB - C sherds.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 187, 'N EB LH III(B-C)? PG?
    b.    Caskey [1972]: 358, ' ..., as is indicated by S6 and S7 (Early Bronze Age), ... '

2. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 15, Schallin says: 'There are other walls in the vicinity and also further inland, where LBA sherds and LH III coarse ware are very common.'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 15, Schallin says: 'There are other walls in the vicinity and also further inland, where LBA sherds and LH III coarse ware are very common.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 187, 'Some fragments of deep bowls found on this promontory on the northeast coast may be LH IIIB or LH IIIC, ... '
    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1128,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 305, N EB LH III(B-C) or "PG"
    d.    Caskey [1972]: 358, ' ... a deep bowl (L.H. III B - C), ... '
    e.    Barber [1981]: 17, 'A promontory site with LH IIIB - C sherds.'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 187, 'Some fragments of deep bowls found on this promontory on the northeast coast may be LH IIIB or LH IIIC, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 305, N EB LH III(B-C) or "PG"
    c.    Caskey [1972]: 358, ' ... a deep bowl (L.H. III B - C), ... '
    d.    Barber [1981]: 17, 'A promontory site with LH IIIB - C sherds.'

6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1319,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 305, N EB LH III(B-C) or "PG"

NOTES

1. Schallin [1993] 15: "This is probably the site that J. Caskey refers to as Sykamias, ... "

2. Variant spellings from Caskey [1972] 358: Sykamias, Sykaminias, Sokamnia.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Barber [1981]: Barber, R.L.N.. ‘The Late Cycladic Period: A Review’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (76), pp. 1-21, 1981., '11. Sykamias (Kea c. 945037)', pg. 17. Online here.

2. Caskey [1972]: Caskey, John L.. ‘Investigations in Keos. Part II: A Conspectus of the Pottery’, Hesperia, vol. 41, issue 3, pp. 357-401, 1972, 'S. Sykamias', pg. 358. 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, '15. Kalidonichi', pg. 15.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Kea: Sykamias', pg. 187. Online here.

5. 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., 'Sykamias', pg. 305. Online here.

6. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1128.

7. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1319.