Site details

Giagana/Ghiaghana/Yayana Bay Shipwreck

PK	C6726
TITLE	Giagana∕Ghiaghana∕Yayana Bay Shipwreck
WGS84	38.351751° N, 20.623694° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	38.351751, 20.623694
LON/LAT	20.623694, 38.351751

DMS

38° 21' 6.3036" N

20° 37' 25.2984" E

W3W	absent, spacious, vouches
UTM	34 S, 467119.72, 4244910.69
EGSA87	204801, 4249954

Elevation m	0
Elevation feet	0
Region	Ionian Islands
Subregion	Kephalonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Shipwreck

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   BCH Online, 1608    'The material derives from an EH(II?-)III wreck.'
2.    Shipwreck.   BCH Online, 1608    'The material derives from an EH(II?-)III wreck.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1608, ' ... EH(II?-)III ... '

2. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 1608, ' ... EH(II?-)III ... '

NOTES

1.  According to the notice in BCH Online. no. 1608 the University of Trondheim is investigating a concentration of sunken transport vessels in the Kephallonia-Ithaca straits.

2.  Additional: Katerina P. Dellaporta, 'Early seafaring in the Ionian Sea', Skyllis 11:2 (2011): 19-24. Abstract here.

3.  BCH Online no. 1608 gives the position as: ' ..., 400m north of the bay of Yayana, 40m from the shore and at a depth of 6m.' Yayana Bay is at F5421.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Kephallonia - Bay of Yayana - 2000', no. 1608. Online here. Online here.