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Kioupia

PKC558
TITLEKioupia
WGS84 37.673084° N, 21.636404° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.673084, 21.636404
LON/LAT 21.636404, 37.673084

DMS 37° 40' 23.1024" N,21° 38' 11.0544" E

W3Wsuppertime, prescribe, shame
UTM34 S, 556122, 4169735
EGSA87 291400, 4171885

Elevation m106
Elevation feet 347.8
RegionElis





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson [1981], 93    'Fragments of large clay statuettes, probably of the LH III period, have been found at Kioupia.'
2.    Cem.   AD[1973], 339    
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 93    'Fragments of large clay statuettes, probably of the LH III period, have been found at Kioupia.'
4.    Tumulus.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 306    'MH burial tumulus; late Mycenaean remains at place called Kioupia; ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 306, 'MH burial tumulus; ... '

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 93, 'MH? LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 306, '... late Mycenaean remains at place called Kioupia', 'LHIII'

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AD[1973]: 339,

NOTE

1.  Several (~13) M chamber tombs.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  AD[1973]:  Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 28, '', pg. 339.

2.  McDonald and Rapp [1972]:  McDonald, William A. and George R. Rapp, Jr.. The Minnesota Messenia Expedition: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Regional Environment. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. 1972, '319 (7b) Mayira', pg. 306.

3.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 54 Mageira: Kioupia etc.', pg. 93. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C558 is at 37.56876° N, 21.53101° E, a straight-line distance of 14 km and 874 m.