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Kithnos: Ayia Irini

PK	C1166
TITLE	Kithnos: Ayia Irini
WGS84	37.438776° N, 24.428666° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	37.438776, 24.428666
LON/LAT	24.428666, 37.438776

DMS

37° 26' 19.5936" N

24° 25' 43.1976" E

W3W	solution, recoup, playfulness
UTM	35 S, 272514, 4146653
EGSA87	537772, 4143347

Elevation m	43
Elevation feet	141.1
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Kithnos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 306    ' ...; the single LH I/II Vapheio cup base is presumably an import.'
2.    Hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 306    'There is scanty evidence of occupation; ... '
3.    Hab.   Scholes [1956], 12    ' ... sherds give some indication of habitation here in the Middle Cycladic, and possibly also Late Cycladic Period.'
4.    Settlement.   Barber [1981], 17    'A promontory settlement in the bay of Loutra ... '
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 187    'Finds include a LH I/II "Vapheio" cup base, presumably imported. A stirrup-jar of LH IIIA2-B date is also said to have come from Kythnos ...'
6.    Sherds.   Schallin [1993], 16    'An early LBA sherd was found here together with earlier material.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 187, 'MB LH I/II'

2. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Scholes [1956]: 12, ' ... sherds give some indication of habitation here in the Middle Cycladic, and possibly also Late Cycladic Period.'
    b.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, 'MK. ... '

3. Late Cycladic: (1700 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Scholes [1956]: 12, ' ... sherds give some indication of habitation here in the Middle Cycladic, and possibly also Late Cycladic Period.'

4. Late Cycladic I: (1700 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 16, 'An early LBA sherd ... '

5. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 187, 'Finds include a LH I/II "Vapheio" cup base, probably imported.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 306, ' ...; the single LH I/II Vapheio cup base ... '

6. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 187, 'Finds include a LH I/II "Vapheio" cup base, probably imported.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 306, ' ...; the single LH I/II Vapheio cup base ... '

7. Late Cycladic II: (1625 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 16, 'An early LBA sherd ... '

8. Late Bronze I: (1570 BC - 1400 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, ' ... YEX (I/II).'

9. Late Bronze II: (1400 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, ' ... YEX (I/II).'

10. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 187, 'A stirrup-jar of LH IIIA2 - B date is also said to have come from Kythnos ... '

11. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 187, 'A stirrup-jar of LH IIIA2 - B date is also said to have come from Kythnos ... '
    b.    Scholes [1956]: 32, 'Such a description might apply to a IIIB jar.'
    c.    Barber [1981]: 17, 'An LH IIIB(?) stirrup jar may be from the island.'

NOTE

1. Schallin [1993] 8, table 1, defines 'early LBA' as encompassing LCI and II.

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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., '14. Ayia Irini (Kithnos 958818)', pg. 17. Online here.

2. 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, '19. Ayia Irini', pg. 16.

3. Scholes [1956]: Scholes, Kathryn. ‘The Cyclades in the Later Bronze Age: A Synopsis’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 51 (1956), pp. 9-40, '6. Kythnos.', pg. 32. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Kythnos: Ayia Irini', 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., 'Ayia Irini', pg. 306. Online here.

6. Soterakopoulos [2004]: Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '18. Άγια Εΐρήνη.', pg. 73. Online here.