Site details

Kos: Seraglio Hill

PK	C1411
TITLE	Kos: Seraglio Hill
WGS84	36.891418° N, 27.285867° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	36.891418, 27.285867
LON/LAT	27.285867, 36.891418

DMS

36° 53' 29.1048" N

27° 17' 9.1212" E

W3W	noodle, being, ladder
UTM	35 S, 525471, 4082865
EGSA87	792676, 4087582

Elevation m	17
Elevation feet	55.8
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Kos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Cem.   French [1945], 102    'In the middle of the city of Cos, a small mound (known locally as the Seraglio) was found to contain tombs of the Geometric period.'
2.    Cem.   Palmieri [2015], 135    'The vases pertain to seventy-four graves of different types: there were forty-six cist tombs, fifty pot burials (enchytrismoi) and fourteen simple pits ... '
3.    hab.   AA [1936], 180
4.    hab.   AR[1996], 99    'Above this were remains of an LMIA building, ...Myc sherds.','..., E of the A complex, a Myc level was found cut into by five PG burials.'
5.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 200    'The Seraglio is a low mound or rise c. 300 m. by 250 m., near the south side of the town of Kos.', '.. the main habitation here begins in MM III-LM IA ...'
6.    Settlement.   French [1945], 102    '...are sunk into the upper levels of a more ancient Mycenaean settlement, which had been rebuilt three times at least.

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 200,  Size: 75000 sq. m.  'The Seraglio is a low mound or rise c. 300 m. by 250 m., ...', This is an estimate only. Simpson says "The total size of the Mycenaean settlement is not known, but it appears to have been important, and was probably large."

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age III: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 200, 'EB III MMII? MM III LM IA-B LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'

2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    AR[1996]: 99, '..., one trench went down to an MB level.'

3. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 200, 'EB III MMII? MM III LM IA-B LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'

4. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 200, 'EB III MMII? MM III LM IA-B LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AR[1996]: 99, '...Myc sherds.', '..., a Myc level was found.'

6. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 200, 'EB III MMII? MM III LM IA-B LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'
    b.    AR[1996]: 99, '...remains of an LMIA building, ...', 'In another trench remains of an LMIA destruction level were found.'

7. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 200, 'EB III MMII? MM III LM IA-B LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'

8. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 200, 'EB III MMII? MM III LM IA-B LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'
    b.    French [1945]: 102, 'The Mycenaean city certainly existed from the fourteenth to the end of the twelfth century, ...'

9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 200, 'EB III MMII? MM III LM IA-B LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'
    b.    AA [1936]: 180,
    c.    French [1945]: 102, 'The Mycenaean city certainly existed from the fourteenth to the end of the twelfth century, ...'

10. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 200, 'EB III MMII? MM III LM IA-B LH IIIA-C PG G A C H'
    b.    AA [1936]: 180,

11. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AA [1936]: 180,
    b.    French [1945]: 102, 'The tombs of the Protogeometric and Geometric periods ... '

12. Middle Protogeometric: (1000 BC - 950 BC)
    a.    Palmieri [2015]: 135, ' ...: the first tombs are datable to the Middle Protogeometric (MPG) period, ... '

13. Late Protogeometric: (950 BC - 925 BC)
    a.    Palmieri [2015]: 137, 'One of them is of a LPG date: ... '

14. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AA [1936]: 180,
    b.    French [1945]: 102, 'The tombs of the Protogeometric and Geometric periods ... '

15. Middle Geometric: (850 BC - 760 BC)
    a.    Palmieri [2015]: 136, 'The imported vessels come especially from Cyprus during the Middle (MG) and Late Geometric period (LG).'

16. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Palmieri [2015]: 136, 'The imported vessels come especially from Cyprus during the Middle (MG) and Late Geometric period (LG).'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AA [1936]: Archaeologischer Anzeiger, Berlin. 1936, '', pg. 180.

2. AR[1996]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (43) 1996., 'Kos: city.', pg. 99. Online here.

3. French [1945]: French, T.W.. ‘Archaeology in the Dodecanese, 1939-46’, Journal of Hellenic Studies (65), 101-104. 1945., 'The Geometric Necropolis and Mycenaean City of Cos', pg. 102. Online here.

4. Palmieri [2015]: Palmieri, M.. ‘Protogeometric and Geometric pottery from the Kos Early Iron Age necropolis revisited : some features of the local ceramic production’, in Militello and Öniz [2015], pp. 135-142., 'Introduction', pg. 135. Online here.

5. Militello and Öniz [2015]: Pietro Maria Militello and Hakan Öniz. Soma 2011: Proceedings of the 15th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Held at the University of Catania 3-5 March 2011. British Archaeological Reports International Series, 2695 (BAR S2695). 2015., '',

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Kos: The Seraglio', pg. 200. Online here.