Site details

Kandhila: Bikiza

PK	C526
TITLE	Kandhila: Bikiza
WGS84	37.764452° N, 22.306992° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.764452, 22.306992
LON/LAT	22.306992, 37.764452

DMS

37° 45' 52.0272" N

22° 18' 25.1712" E

W3W	curtails, basements, transformed
UTM	34 S, 615119, 4180485
EGSA87	350729, 4180743

Elevation m	667
Elevation feet	2188.3
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Howell [1970], 82    ' … two fragments of obsidian blades … '
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 81    'Prehistoric and G sherds were found ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 88    'Prehistoric and later sherds, including several Mycenaean, were found on terraces at the southwest foot of the spur, and more sparsely on its south tip.'
4.    Sherds.   Howell [1970], 82    ' ..., Late Helladic ..., and Geometric ... sherds were found,

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Prehistoric: (4000 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 81, 'Prehistoric and G sherds were found on terraces at the SW foot of the spur, ... '

2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 82, 'Early Helladic, Middle Helladic, Late Helladic, and Geometric sherds were found, ...'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 88, 'EH? MH LH III(A-B) G A C'
    b.    Howell [1970]: 82, 'Early Helladic, Middle Helladic, Late Helladic, and Geometric sherds were found, ...'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 82, 'Early Helladic, Middle Helladic, Late Helladic, and Geometric sherds were found, ...'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 88, 'EH? MH LH III(A-B) G A C'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 88, 'EH? MH LH III(A-B) G A C'

7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 81, 'Prehistoric and G sherds were found on terraces at the SW foot of the spur, ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 88, 'EH? MH LH III(A-B) G A C'

8. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 81, ' ... and A and C sherds on a low rocky hillock c. 100 m. to SW of the spur.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 88, 'EH? MH LH III(A-B) G A C'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Howell [1970]: Howell, R.. ‘A Survey of Eastern Arcadia in Prehistory’, The Annual of the British School at Athens. 65. November, 1970. 79-127., '4. Kandhila-Bikiza', pg. 82. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 14 Kandhila: Bikiza', pg. 88. 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., 'B 24 Kandhila: Bikiza', pg. 81. Online here.