Site details

Kambi: Vigla

PK	C578
TITLE	Kambi: Vigla
WGS84	37.778811° N, 20.679753° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.778811, 20.679753
LON/LAT	20.679753, 37.778811

DMS

37° 46' 43.7196" N

20° 40' 47.1108" E

W3W	slewed, kites, downtowns
UTM	34 S, 471799, 4181322
EGSA87	207426, 4186180

Elevation m	190
Elevation feet	623.4
Region	Ionian Islands
Subregion	Zakynthos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 156    'On the east flank of the hill a large cemetery of rectangular slab-covered rock-cut tombs was found.'
2.    Cem.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 122    '.. a Mycenaean cemetery ..'
3.    Cem.   AD[1973], 198
4.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 193    ' ..., a large cemetery of rectangular slab-covered rock-cut tombs was found.'
5.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 193    'Very few goods apart from vases were found; ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    AD[1973]: 198,

2. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 156, '.. alabastra from Tombs 12 and 14 are probably LH IIIA1 ...'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 122, 'The pottery dates from LH IIIA1 to LH IIIB'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 193, ' ..., but alabastra from Ts. 12 and 14 are probably LH IIIA1, ... '

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 156, 'Most of the pottery was LH IIIA2-B, ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 193, ' ...; the bulk of these (vases, RHC) were LH IIIA2-B, ... '

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 156, 'Most of the pottery was LH IIIA2-B, ...'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 122, 'The pottery dates from LH IIIA1 to LH IIIB'
    c.    AD[1973]: 198,
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 193, ' ...; the bulk of these (vases, RHC) were LH IIIA2-B, ... '

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 156, '.. two stirrup-jars from the area might be LH IIIC.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 193, ' ..., and two stirrup-jars handed in as from the area might be LH IIIC.'

NOTE

1. For photographs of the quarry associated with the cemetery at Kambi see Hitchcock et al. [2014] 82, figs. 19-20 has well as the text on p. 81 and fn. 43. It is online here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1973]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 28, '', pg. 198.

2. Hitchcock et al.[2016]: Hitchcock, Louise A. and Emilia Banou, Anne P. Chapin, James H. Reynolds. ‘The Conglomerate Quarry at the Mycenaean Site of Vapheio-Palaiopyrgi in Laconia’, Hesperia 85, pp. 65-90. 2016., '', Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 12 Kambi: Vigla', 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 38 Zakynthos: Kambi: Vigla', 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. , 'Kambi-Vigla (64)', pg. 122. Online here.