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Paros: Koukounaries

PK	C1185
TITLE	Paros: Koukounaries
WGS84	37.12768° N, 25.209303° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.12768, 25.209303
LON/LAT	25.209303, 37.12768

DMS

37° 7' 39.648" N

25° 12' 33.4908" E

W3W	understate, ironwork, succumbs
UTM	35 S, 340931, 4110537
EGSA87	607273, 4109433

Elevation m	48
Elevation feet	157.5
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Paros

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   ERGON[1976], 146
2.    Settlement.   PAE[1974], 185
3.    Settlement.   ERGON[1975], 140
4.    Settlement.   Schallin [1993], 21    'This late LBA hilltop settlement ... '
5.    Settlement.   Barber [1981], 20    'A defended akropolis settlement on the Naoussa bay ... '
6.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 322    'The summit appears to have been artificially levelled for a large LH III Building, ... '
7.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 188    'The site is a rocky acropolis on a remote and inaccessible headland ...', ' ... this important site ... '
8.    Settlement.   Simpson and Hagel [2006], 114    'The first major settlement, ..., was established in the LH IIIC period ... '
9.    Settlement.   Koehl [2018], 426    'The Mycenaean building on the Koukounaries Hill ... '
10.    Wall.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 322    ' ..., supported by a massive wall which cuts across the approach from below and may have served as a fortification-wall.'
11.    Wall.   Simpson and Hagel [2006], 114    'The wall was built in a technique resembling the Cyclopean or the Argolid fortresses.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Neolithic: (4500 BC - 3100 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, 'NN (II). ... '

2. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, ' ... ΠK (I, II). ... '

3. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 188, 'EB MB? LH III(A?-)B PG G A'
    b.    Schallin [1993]: 21, 'The hill was also occupied in the EBA, ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 322, 'There are reports of EB and "second millenium" material, ... '

4. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 188, 'EB MB? LH III(A?-)B PG G A'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 321, ' ... MB? ... '

5. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, ' ... MK; ... '

6. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 322, 'A LH burial is reported from a cave on the site ... '

7. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, ' ... YEX (IIIB-Γ).'

8. Late Cycladic III: (1420 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 21, ' ... late LBA hilltop settlement ... ' Schallin includes LC III in the term 'late LBA'. See p. 8, Table 1.
    b.    Barber [1981]: 20, ' ... whose main period of occupation seems to be LC III middle.'

9. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 322, ' ..., LH III being predominant in the latter.',' ... a large LH III building, ...

10. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 188, 'EB MB? LH III(A?-)B PG G A'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 321, ' ... LH III(A?-)B ... '

11. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 188, 'EB MB? LH III(A?-)B PG G A', p. 189: 'The published pottery all seems to be no later than LH IIIB.'
    b.    ERGON[1976]: 146,
    c.    PAE[1974]: 185,
    d.    ERGON[1975]: 140,
    e.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 322, ' ..., but none of the published pottery looks later than LH IIIB.'

12. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Hagel [2006]: 114, ' ... (or perhaps very late in the LH IIIB2 period), ... '

13. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    ERGON[1976]: 146,
    b.    PAE[1974]: 185,
    c.    ERGON[1975]: 140,
    d.    Simpson [1981]: 189, 'A thick ash layer indicates a destruction by fire, which is said to have occurred in LH IIIC; but the published pottery all seems to be no later than LH IIIB.'
    e.    Simpson and Hagel [2006]: 114, 'The first major settlement, ..., was established in the LH IIIC period ... '
    f.    Koehl [2018]: 432, ' ..., and the date of Mycenaean IIIC Middle "Developed" has been confirmed by this author's subsequent studies of other deposits from this site.'
    g.    Schallin [1993]: 21, 'The site was destroyed at a time when LH IIIC developed pottery was in use, ... '
    h.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 322, ' ... destruction by fire; this is attributed to LH IIIC, ... '

14. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    ERGON[1976]: 146,
    b.    ERGON[1975]: 140,
    c.    PAE[1974]: 185,
    d.    Schallin [1993]: 21, ' ..., as well as in the Protogeometric period and late.'
    e.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 322, ' ... and PG material from another (grave, RHC) nearby; ... '

15. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    ERGON[1976]: 146,
    b.    ERGON[1975]: 140,
    c.    Simpson and Hagel [2006]: 114, ' ... subsequent Geometric settlement, ... '
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 322, ' ...; later material is also reported from the site, including much G.'

16. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 321, ' ... A'

NOTE

1. Robert Koehl's CV with a list of his publications is here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. ERGON[1976]: To ergon tes Archaiologikes Hetaireias, Athenai: Archaiologike Hetaireia. 1977., '', pg. 146.

2. ERGON[1975]: To ergon tes Archaiologikes Hetaireias, Athenai: Archaiologike Hetaireia. 1975., '', pg. 140.

3. PAE[1974]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1974., '', pg. 185.

4. 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., '34. Koukounaries ... ', pg. 20. Online here.

5. Koehl [2018]: Koehl, Robert B.. ‘Back to the Future: Memory, Nostalgia, and Identity in the 12th Century B.C.E. on Paros’, In Simpson [2018] 423-443, '', pg. 423. Online here.

6. 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, '39. Koukounaries', pg. 21.

7. Simpson and Hagel [2006]: Simpson, R. Hope and D.K. Hagel. Mycenaean Fortifications, Highways, Dams and Canals. SIMA vol. 133. Paul Åströms Förlag. Sävedalen, Sweden. 2006., 'Paros: Koukounaries', pg. 113.

8. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Paros: Koukounaries', pg. 188. Online here.

9. 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., 'Koukounaries', pg. 321. Online here.

10. Soterakopoulos [2004]: Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '47. Κουκουναριές;', pg. 75. Online here.