Site details

Elaphotopos

PK	C1361
TITLE	Elaphotopos
WGS84	39.900872° N, 20.68929° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	39.900872, 20.68929
LON/LAT	20.68929, 39.900872

DMS

39° 54' 3.1392" N

20° 41' 21.444" E

W3W	dishwashers, fuzzier, soloists
UTM	34 S, 473440, 4416801
EGSA87	216812, 4421717

Elevation m	1098
Elevation feet	3602.4
Region	Epirus

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1967], 346
2.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 303    'A Type F sword ... Four cists ... pottery, a curved knife, and jewellery.'
3.    Cem.   AE [1969], 179
4.    Cem.   Kleitsas [2014],     'Four cist graves were found at Elafotopos in Ioannina (note 2), while sherds of handmade pottery located in the same area indicate the existence of a settlement.'
5.    Sword.   Simpson [1981], 178    'A Type F sword was reported from Kalyvia Elaphotopou.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Kleitsas [2014]: 1, 'The Late Bronze Age'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 177, 'LH III(B-C)? "PG"?'
    b.    AD[1967]: 346,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 302, 'LH III(B-C)? "PG"'

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 177, 'LH III(B-C)? "PG"?'
    b.    AE [1969]: 179,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 302, 'LH III(B-C)? "PG"', 'A kylix-stem ...is assigned to LH IIIC.'

4. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 302, 'LH III(B-C)? "PG"'

NOTE

1. A 'kalyvia' is a shelter or cabin but the exact location is unknown to me.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1967]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 22, '', pg. 346.

2. AE [1969]: Archaiologike Ephemeris, Athens, Greece. 1969, '', pg. 179.

3. Kleitsas [2014]: Kleitsas, Christos. ‘The Bronze Age in Epirus (Part 3); The Late Bronze Age: The Burial Customs’, archaeology & arts, Oct. 20, 2014., 'The Bronze Age in Epirus', pg. 1. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'K 8 (= L 8) Elaphotopos', pg. 177. 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., 'K 9 Elaphatopos', pg. 302. Online here.