Site details

Delos: Mt. Kynthos

PK	C1170
TITLE	Delos: Mt. Kynthos
WGS84	37.395538° N, 25.272676° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.395538, 25.272676
LON/LAT	25.272676, 37.395538

DMS

37° 23' 43.9368" N

25° 16' 21.6336" E

W3W	period, inhabit, molehill
UTM	35 S, 347103, 4140152
EGSA87	612503, 4139224

Elevation m	99
Elevation feet	324.8
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Delos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    House.   Alram-Stern [2004], 871    'Der Grundplan zeigt kleine, gerundete, eng beieinander liegende Häuser, die mit Kastri/Syros und Panormos vergleichbar sind.'
2.    Settlement.   Alram-Stern [2004], 870    'Dieser hatte eine Siedlung festgestellt, die den zentralen Gipfel an der West- und Nordseite umrahmt.'
3.    Settlement.   Scholes [1956], 11    ' ..., a settlement flourished in the Early and Middle Cycladic periods.'
4.    Settlement.   Barber [1981], 17    'This hill-top settlement ... '
5.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 309    'Remains of a settlement ... '
6.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 188    '...the small number of Mycenaean sherds indicates use at this time but not necessarily a habitation site.'
7.    Sherds.   Schallin [1993], 13    'A few undiagnostic LBA sherds were included among the finds, ... '
8.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 309    'EB III of "Anatolian" type is also reported ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Barber [1981]: 17, 'This hill-top settlement site belongs chiefly to the EC period.'
    b.    Scholes [1956]: 11, ' ..., a settlement flourished in the Early and Middle Cycladic periods.'

2. Early Bronze Age III: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 187, 'KS EB III MB? LH'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 309, 'EB III of "Anatolian" type'

3. Keros-Syros: (2600 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 309, 'Remains of a settlement are attributed to the KS phase.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 187, 'KS EB III MB? LH'
    c.    Alram-Stern [2004]: 871, 'Gruppe B entspricht in ihren Formen Agia Irini III und Kastri/Syros ... '

4. Kastri: (2450 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, 'PK (II, "Kastri")

5. Phylakopi: (2200 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, ' ... «Φυλακωπή I-III» ... '

6. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Alram-Stern [2004]: 871, 'Die Apsidenhäuser gehören vermutlich in FH III.'

7. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 187, 'KS EB III MB? LH'

8. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, ' ... MK? ... '
    b.    Scholes [1956]: 11, ' ..., a settlement flourished in the Early and Middle Cycladic periods.'

9. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 187, 'KS EB III MB? LH', ' ... small number of Mycenaean sherds ... '
    b.    Schallin [1993]: 13, ' ... undiagnostic LBA sherds ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 310, 'A small number of LH sherds indicates use ... in that period.'

10. Late Cycladic: (1700 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 13, ' ... undiagnostic LBA sherds ... '

11. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Barber [1981]: 17, 'There are only slight traces of use in the LBA.'
    b.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 72, ' ... YEX.'

NOTE

1. Schallin [1993] 8, table 1, defines 'LBA' as encompassing LH, LM, and LC.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Alram-Stern [2004]: Alram-Stern, Eva. Die ägäische Frühzeit: 2. Serie: Forschungsbericht 1975-2002. 2. Band: Teil 1 und Teil 2: Die Frühbronzezeit in Griechenland mit Ausnahme von Kreta. VÖAW, 'Berg Kynthos', pg. 870. Online here.

2. 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., '8. Mount Kynthos (Mikonos 703731)', pg. 17. 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, '8. Mt. Kynthos (Mont Cynthe)', pg. 13.

4. 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, 'Kynthos.', pg. 11. Online here.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Delos: Mt. Kynthos', pg. 187. Online here.

6. 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., 'Mt. Kynthos', pg. 309. Online here.

7. Soterakopoulos [2004]: Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '8. Κύνθος;', pg. 72. Online here.