Site details

Kornelli

PK	C598
TITLE	Kornelli
WGS84	38.111411° N, 20.764049° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	38.111411, 20.764049
LON/LAT	20.764049, 38.111411

DMS

38° 6' 41.0796" N

20° 45' 50.5764" E

W3W	implicit, defend, substitute
UTM	34 S, 479315, 4218203
EGSA87	216136, 4222836

Elevation m	327
Elevation feet	1072.8
Region	Ionian Islands
Subregion	Kephalonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 190    'A BA and later site was found below the village of Korneli ... '
2.    Pottery.   Benton [1931], 220    'Coarse Bronze Age pottery is sticking out of the gravel lower down, ... '
3.    Sherds.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 44    'On the lower slopes of Palaiokastro, below the village of Korneli, S. Benton identified an 'ancient site', and lower down she came across 'Bronze Age pottery sticking out of the gravel' and found an 'undoubted Minyan handle'.'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 190    'The sherds included a MH Minyan Ware handle.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 44, ' ..., S. Benton identiﬁed an 'ancient site', and lower down she came across 'Bronze Age pottery sticking out of the gravel' ... '
    b.    Benton [1931]: 220, 'Coarse Bronze Age pottery ... '

2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 189, 'EB MH C'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 190, 'The sherds included a MH Minyan Ware handle.'
    b.    Benton [1931]: 220, ' ..., and I found one undoubted Minyan handle ... '
    c.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 44, 'S. Benton ... found an 'undoubted Minyan handle'.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Benton [1931]: Benton, Sylvia. ‘The Ionian Islands’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, (32), pp. 213-246, 1931/32., '2. Kephallenia.', pg. 220. Online here.

2. 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 28 Kephallenia: Korneli', pg. 189. Online here.

3. 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. , 'Korneli (33)', pg. 44. Online here.