Kontogenada: Cem
| PK | C593 |
| TITLE | Kontogenada: Cem |
| WGS84 | 38.246468° N, 20.402364° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 38.246468, 20.402364 |
| LON/LAT | 20.402364, 38.246468 |
| DMS | 38° 14' 47.2848" N | , | 20° 24' 8.5104" E |
| W3W | pheasants, trachea, lowers |
| UTM | 34 S, 447705, 4233331 |
| EGSA87 | 184998, 4238998 |
| Elevation m | 170 |
| Elevation feet | 557.7 |
| Region | Ionian Islands |
| Subregion | Kephalonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Cem. Simpson [1981], 157 '.. three chamber tombs imitating tholoi and a small (and probably half-finished) tomb of the same type were excavated.'2. Cem. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 43 'An LBA cemetery of four chamber tombs, and a small number of rock-cut pit graves, ...'
3. Chamber Tomb. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 191 'Three chamber tombs imitating tholoi in shape and a small, probablly half-finished tomb of the same type were excavated here.'
4. Pottery. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 191 'Tomb A contained some LH IIIC pottery and, ... '
5. Tomb. AE [1933], 77
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 44, 'One of these pits may be the same as that seen on the site in 1986 ... Its shape suggests an LBA date.'
2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 157, 'LH III(A-B)? LH IIIC'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 191, 'LH III(A-B)? LH IIIC'
3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 157, 'LH III(A-B)? LH IIIC'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 191, 'LH III(A-B)? LH IIIC'
4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 157, 'LH III(A-B)? LH IIIC', 'Tomb A contained some LH IIIC pottery, ... '
b. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 44, '.. an an amphoriskos ..., are proof that the tomb was in use in LH IIIC.'
c. AE [1933]: 77,
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 191, ' ... some LH IIIC pottery ... '
NOTES
1. Simpson and Dickinson [1979] 191, 'E 32 .. ', "The area is now ruined by quarrying, ... "
2. 'Kontogenada lies on the north edge of the valley of Chalikias. At the south foot of the village, at the start of the valley, three chamber tombs ...'
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. AE [1933]: Archaiologike Ephemeris, Athens, Greece. 1933, '', pg. 77.
2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 21 Kontogenda', pg. 157.
sic., should be Kontogenada
Online here.
3. 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 32 Kephallenia: Kontogenada', pg. 191.
Online here.
4. 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. , 'Kontogenada (30)', pg. 43.
'The site has now been destroyed by quarrying.'
Online here.