Site details

Keri: Klapsias

PK	C577
TITLE	Keri: Klapsias
WGS84	37.661391° N, 20.829626° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	37.661391, 20.829626
LON/LAT	20.829626, 37.661391

DMS

37° 39' 41.0076" N

20° 49' 46.6536" E

W3W	trickled, babbles, minstrel
UTM	34 S, 484973, 4168260
EGSA87	220188, 4172689

Elevation m	319
Elevation feet	1046.6
Region	Ionian Islands
Subregion	Zakynthos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 193    'The only contents reported are two skeletons and two vases, ... '
2.    Tholos.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 121    'A small tholos tomb (0.80-0.90x1.5m)..'
3.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 260    Pelon is calling this sort of thing 'une tombe à tholos'.
4.    Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 156    'In the course of widening a track, a small built tomb was revealed on the south slope of Klapsias hill, ... '
5.    Tomb.   Van Wijngaarden [2005], 3    '...het Mykeense graf bij Keri...'
6.    Tomb.   BCH Online, 152
7.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 193    ' ... a small built tomb in the S slope of the hill Klapsias.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 152, ' ...; les abords de la tombe mycénienne découverte en 1966 à l’Est du village de Kéri ... '

2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 260, 'The only contents reported are two skeletons and two LH II vases.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 193, ' ... and two vases, which should be dated to LH II.'

3. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 121, 'two complete vases in it .. dating from LH IIB-IIIA1, ...'
    b.    Van Wijngaarden [2005]: 3, '...dat omstreeks 1450 v. Chr. is te dateren.'

4. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 121, 'two complete vases in it .. dating from LH IIB-IIIA1, ...'
    b.    Pelon [1976]: 260, 'Les deux vases trouvé dans la tombe ont été datés de l'HR IIIA 1 par Sp. Iakovidis.'

NOTE

1. '.. a small built tomb was revealed in the south slope of Klapsias hill, ...'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, '', no. 152. Online here. Online here.

2. Pelon [1976]: Pelon, Olivier. Tholoi, tumuli et cercles funéraires; Recherches sur les monuments funéraires de plan circulaire dan l'Égée de l’Âge du Bronze (IIIe at IIe millénaires av. J.-C). Bibliothèques de l'École française d'Athènes et de Rome - Série Athènes, 229. 1976., '54. Kéri', pg. 260. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 11 Keri: Klapsias', pg. 156. Online here.

4. 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., 'E 39 Zakynthos: Keri: Klapsias', pg. 193. Online here.

5. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: Souyoudzoglou-Haywood, Christina. The Ionian Islands in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age; 3000-800 B.C.. Liverpool University Press. 1999. , 'Keri (60)', pg. 121. Online here.

6. Van Wijngaarden [2005]: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. ‘The Zakynthos Survey 2005 -- Verslag van de werkzaamheden en resultaten’, University of Amsterdam, 2005., 'Intensieve survey in het gebied van Keri (kaart 1)', pg. 3. Online here.