Site details

Kanalaki/Belmina

PK	C7186
TITLE	Kanalaki∕Belmina
WGS84	37.271974° N, 22.256502° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	37.271974, 22.256502
LON/LAT	22.256502, 37.271974

DMS

37° 16' 19.1064" N

22° 15' 23.4072" E

W3W	gratitude, regulator, oozes
UTM	34 S, 611401.56, 4125783.85
EGSA87	345269, 4126181

Elevation m	488
Elevation feet	1601
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Laconia II, 125    ' ..., together with more obsidian.'
2.    Lithics.   Howell [1970], 101    ' ..., as well as some obsidian.'
3.    Lithics.   Simpson [1981], 109    ' ... and obsidian were found.'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 123    ' ... some LH III fragments were found.'
5.    Sherds.   Laconia II, 125    ' ... produced several classical sherds and a few Mycenaean, ... '
6.    Sherds.   Howell [1970], 101    ' ..., he found several Classical sherds and a few Mycenaean, ... '
7.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 109    ' ..., some Mycenaean sherds ... were found.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 123, ' ... some LH III fragments were found.'
    b.    Laconia II: 125, ' ... a few Mycenaean, ... '
    c.    Howell [1970]: 101, ' ... and a few Mycenaean, ... '
    d.    Simpson [1981]: 109, ' ..., some Mycenaean sherds ... were found.'

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 123, ' ... LH III(A-B) C'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 123, ' ... LH III(A-B) C'

NOTES

1.  Parker [2008] gives the coordinates 37.272222 N, 22.275555 E for 'Kanelaki' (Site 80) in her database of sites. I think that this is misplaced.

2.  Cf. Pritchett [1982] 25-27 and footnote 68.

3.  The site as described by Waterhouse and Simpson: "On a south slope farther down is a small plateau called Kanalaki, about 150 x 120 metres in extent, where a small vine plantation produced several classical sherds and a few Mycenaean, together with more obsidian." Laconia II, 125, 'Belmina'

rhc

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Bon [1969:2]: Bon, Antoine. La Morée Franque; Recherches Historiques, Topographiques et Archéologiques sur la Principauté d'Achaïe (1205-1430) (Vol. 2, Album). Éditions E. de Boccard, 1, Rue de Médicis, 1, 1969, '', pg. 156. Plates 161, 162, and 163.1
Online here.

2. Bon [1969:1]: Bon, Antoine. La Morée Franque; Recherches Historiques, Topographiques et Archéologiques sur la Principauté d'Achaïe (1205-1430) (Vol. 1, Text). Éditions E. de Boccard, 1, Rue de Médicis, 1, 1969, '', pg. 516. pp. 516-518, a full discussion of the issues about the naming and location of Mount Chelmos.
Online here.

3. Howell [1970]: Howell, R.. ‘A Survey of Eastern Arcadia in Prehistory’, The Annual of the British School at Athens. 65. November, 1970. 79-127., '53. Skortsinos-Khelmos (anc. Belmina).', pg. 101. Online here.

4. Parker [2008]: Parker, Catherine Ruth. Arkadia in Transition: Exploring Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Human Landscapes. Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the University of Birmingham. Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, School of Historical Studies. The University of Birmingham, January 2008., '', Online here.

5. Pritchett [1982]: Pritchett, W. Kendrick. Studies in Ancient Greek Topography; Part IV (Passes). University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, 1982., 'The Χώρα of Belmina (Belbina, Belemina)', pg. 25.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 47 Belmina', pg. 109. Online here.

7. 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., 'C 57 Belmina', pg. 123. Online here.

8. Laconia II: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 56, pp. 114-175, 1961, 'Belmina', pg. 125. Online here.