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Kiapha Thiti: Hab

PK	C1557
TITLE	Kiapha Thiti: Hab
WGS84	37.853087° N, 23.836114° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.853087, 23.836114
LON/LAT	23.836114, 37.853087

DMS

37° 51' 11.1132" N

23° 50' 10.0104" E

W3W	fiercely, drum, delicately
UTM	34 S, 749525, 4193306
EGSA87	485434, 4189240

Elevation m	168
Elevation feet	551.2
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   AD[1999], 113
2.    hab.   Hagel [1986],     'The middle terrace also held an early Hellenistic farmstead, built around 330 BCE, which was atop much earlier walls from the Mycenaean period.'
3.    hab.   Privitera [2013], 119    'Scavi condotti sotto la direzione di H. Lauter tra il 1982 e il 1988 hanno chiarito la complessa storia abitativa della collina a partire dalla seconda metà del quarto millennio a.C.'
4.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 208    '...a total area of settlement of 20,000 sq. m.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 48    'Mycenaean sherds (LH IIIA-B) were found, although not in quantity, both on the top and the terraces.'

SITE SIZE

- Hagel [1986]  p. ,  Size: 10800 sq. m.  No size given but the inner area is estimated from Google Earth at about 10,800 sq. m.

- Simpson [1981]  p. 48,  Size: 20000 sq. m.  '..suggesting a total area of settlement of about 20,000 m².'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 208,  Size: 20000 sq. m.  '...a total area of settlement of 20,000 sq. m.'

- Privitera [2013]  p. 119,  Size: 9045 sq. m.  'La superficie complessiva della cittadella di Kiapha Thiti era di 9045 m^2.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 208, '...and some EH II and LH III were found.'
    b.    Alram-Stern [2004]: 547, ' ..., auch in FH II datierende Reste gefunden wurden.'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 208, 'MH is well represented, ...'

3. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Privitera [2013]: 122, 'La ceramica proveniente dalle fondazioni della fortificazione e del ME III, ...'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Hagel [1986]: , '...which was atop much earlier walls from the Mycenaean period.'
    b.    Hagel [1986]: , '...the Mycenaean fortress was built, which was abandoned and reinhabited between 1350 and 1200 BCE.'

5. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Privitera [2013]: 122, 'La gran parte della ceramica rinvenuta sulla collina si data comunque al TE IIA-B', ''...da pochi frammenti ceramici del TE IIA.''

6. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Privitera [2013]: 122, 'La gran parte della ceramica rinvenuta sulla collina si data comunque al TE IIA-B'
    b.    Privitera [2013]: 122, 'La cittadella di Kiapha Thiti sembra essere stata abbandonata nel TE IIB/IIIA1 (ca. 1400 a.C.), ...'

7. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 208, '...and some EH II and LH III were found.'

8. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 48, 'Mycenaean sherds (LH IIIA-B) were found.'

9. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Privitera [2013]: 122, 'La cittadella di Kiapha Thiti sembra essere stata abbandonata nel TE IIB/IIIA1 (ca. 1400 a.C.), ...'

10. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 48, 'Mycenaean sherds (LH IIIA-B) were found.'
    b.    AD[1999]: 113,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1999]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 54, '', pg. 113.

2. 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, 'Koropi/Kiapha Thiti', pg. 546. Online here.

3. Hagel [1986]: Hagel, Dietmar K.. Portal to the Past; Digital Archive of Archaeological Projects and Research; Canadian institute in Greece, 'Kiapha Thiti Excavation Project', Online here. Online here.

4. Privitera [2013]: Privitera, Santo. Principi, Pelasgi, e pescatori: L'Attica nella Tarda Eta del Bronzo. . Paestum: Pandemos. 2013., '15. Vari - Kiapha Thiti', pg. 119.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 21 Vari: Kitsi and Vourvatsi', pg. 48. To the best of my knowledge Kitsi is not the hill (which is called Kontra Ghliate or Kiapha Thiti), it is the name of the town.
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., 'F 22 Vari: Kitsi and Vourvatsi', pg. 208. Online here.