Site details

Karpathos: Skamnos

PK	C5793
TITLE	Karpathos: Skamnos
WGS84	35.607495° N, 27.083985° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	35.607495, 27.083985
LON/LAT	27.083985, 35.607495

DMS

35° 36' 26.982" N

27° 5' 2.346" E

W3W	feelers, incur, deducing
UTM	35 S, 506740, 3939653
EGSA87	778375, 3943714

Elevation m	50
Elevation feet	164
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Karpathos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Melas [1985], 72    'Evidence of Minoan and perhaps Mycenaean occupation is again plentiful, ...', 'Walls of ancient structures ... and plenty of Minoan pottery are strewn over the narrow terraces ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 73, 'The settlement seems to have flourished from well back into the MM III down to the LM III period, ...'

2. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 73, '... down to the LM III period, ...'

3. Late Minoan II: (1470 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 73, '... down to the LM III period, ...'

4. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 73, '... down to the LM III period, ...'

5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 73, '... down to the LM III period, when the Mycenaeans may have joined or replaced the Minoans.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Melas [1985]: Melas, Emmanuel. The Islands of Karpathos, Saros and Kasos in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg 1985., 'G52. Skamnos', pg. 43.