Site details

Kitsos Cave

PK	C1514
TITLE	Kitsos Cave
WGS84	37.7339° N, 24.011272° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.7339, 24.011272
LON/LAT	24.011272, 37.7339

DMS

37° 44' 2.04" N

24° 0' 40.5792" E

W3W	trials, sponging, igneous
UTM	35 S, 236622, 4180497
EGSA87	500844, 4176004

Elevation m	290
Elevation feet	951.4
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Privitera [2013], 140    '...i frammenti di quattro vasi...'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 48    '...but some Bronze Age sherds, including Mycenaean, were also found in the excavation.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 210    ' ...; some EH-LH sherds were also found in the excavations.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 48, 'EH MH LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 209, 'N EH MH LH III(A-B) ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 48, 'EH MH LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 209, 'N EH MH LH III(A-B) ... '

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 48, 'EH MH LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 209, 'N EH MH LH III(A-B) ... '

4. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Privitera [2013]: 140, '...una sporadica frequentazione tra il TE IIIA1 e il TE IIIB.'

5. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Privitera [2013]: 140, '...una sporadica frequentazione tra il TE IIIA1 e il TE IIIB.'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 48, 'EH MH LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    Privitera [2013]: 140, '...una sporadica frequentazione tra il TE IIIA1 e il TE IIIB.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 209, 'N EH MH LH III(A-B) ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Privitera [2013]: Privitera, Santo. Principi, Pelasgi, e pescatori: L'Attica nella Tarda Eta del Bronzo. . Paestum: Pandemos. 2013., '26. Laurion - Grotta di Kitsos', pg. 140.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 23 Lavrion: Kitsos Cave', pg. 48. Online here.

3. 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., 'F 26 Lavrion: Kitsos Cave', pg. 209. Online here.