Site details

Kokkolata: Kangelisses

PK	C586
TITLE	Kokkolata: Kangelisses
WGS84	38.138096° N, 20.52388° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	38.138096, 20.52388
LON/LAT	20.52388, 38.138096

DMS

38° 8' 17.1456" N

20° 31' 25.968" E

W3W	culprit, unsubtle, ogles
UTM	34 S, 458276.33, 4221244.3
EGSA87	195184, 4226561

Elevation m	90
Elevation feet	295.3
Region	Ionian Islands
Subregion	Kephalonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 157    'MH cist tombs were succeeded by two small Mycenaean circular tombs.'
2.    Cem.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 39    'Three types of tombs (slab cists, tholos tombs and rock-cut pits) and some cairn-like structures were uncovered.'
3.    Cem.   PAE[1912], 247
4.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 188    'The earliest remains here were four MH cists, ... '
5.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 188    ' ..., provided with large numbers of vases.'
6.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 258    '.. deux tombes à tholos n'est conservée qu'une partie de la circonférence, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 157, 'MH LH IIIA? LH IIIB(-C?)'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 39, 'Fifty-two vases assignable to the late MH period were recovered.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 188, ' ... four MH cists, ... '

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 157, 'MH LH IIIA? LH IIIB(-C?)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 188, ? 'The pottery certainly includes LH IIIB and may extend both before and after that phase.'

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 39, ' ... mention in the Argostoli Museum catalogue of two piriform jars and four three-handled vases (alabastra?) makes it certain that the pits were used in LH IIIA2-B.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 157, 'MH LH IIIA? LH IIIB(-C?)'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 39, 'The only published vase, a composite vessel (A309), is LH IIIB, ... '
    c.    Pelon [1976]: 258, '...la prudente datation proposée par Desborough pour l'ensemble de la nécropole qui serait antérieure à la fin de l'HR IIIB.'
    d.    PAE[1912]: 247,
    e.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 188, 'The pottery certainly includes LH IIIB and may extend both before and after that phase.'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 157, 'MH LH IIIA? LH IIIB(-C?)'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 39, 'The latest pottery from the pits would date from LH IIIC.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 188, ? 'The pottery certainly includes LH IIIB and may extend both before and after that phase.'

NOTES

1. Pelon (OP, p. 258, 51. Kokkolata) says that this point is west of the Castle of Saint George (F2623). "Cephallenia - Excavations in 1909. = In Praktika for 1912, pp. 247-268 (plan; 50 figs.), P. Kavvadias describes his excavations in Cephallenia in 1909. West of Kokkolata a small necropolis of Mycenaean and pre-Mycenaean times was found. It consists of two tholos tombs, almost completely destroyed, six cist tombs, and three cut out of the natural rock. Mycenaean gems, buttons, necklaces of agate, sard, glass-paste, etc., coils of gold wire, pieces of a bronze knife and of bronze darts came to light." American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 2, (vol 18?) 1914. page 390.

2. 'MH cist tombs were succeeded by two small Mycenaean circular built tombs.' in Simpson [1981], 157.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1912]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1912., '', pg. 247.

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., '51. Kokkolata', pg. 258. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 16 Kokkolata: Kangelisses', pg. 157. 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 23 Kephallenia: Kokkolata: Kangelisses', pg. 188. 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. , 'Kokkolata-Kangelisses (22)', pg. 39. Online here.