Site details

Kalamaki

PK	C946
TITLE	Kalamaki
WGS84	37.926847° N, 23.020597° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	37.926847, 23.020597
LON/LAT	23.020597, 37.926847

DMS

37° 55' 36.6492" N

23° 1' 14.1492" E

W3W	clogs, choosy, unrelated
UTM	34 S, 677588.18, 4199623.79
EGSA87	413775, 4197863

Elevation m	27
Elevation feet	88.6
Region	Corinthia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 70    ? 'A site on the hill above the village of Kalamaki, ... '
2.    hab.   Ålin [1962], 60    'Ein Dorf an der östlichen Mündung des Korinth-Kanals. Auf einem Hügel oberhalb des Dorfes, ... '
3.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 38    'A prehistoric settlement was found on the hill above the village of Kalamaki, ...'
4.    Sherds.   Morgan [1999], 476    'LH IIIA-B sherds in a scatter on the hill above the modern village of Kalamaki ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 60, '...sind Scherben aus FH, MH und SH Zeit gefunden worden, ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 38, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 70, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 38, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 60, '...sind Scherben aus FH, MH und SH Zeit gefunden worden, ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 70, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 60, '...sind Scherben aus FH, MH und SH Zeit gefunden worden, ... '

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 38, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 70, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'
    c.    Morgan [1999]: 476, 'LH IIIA-B sherds in a scatter ... '

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 38, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 70, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B)'
    c.    Morgan [1999]: 476, 'LH IIIA-B sherds in a scatter ... '

NOTES

1. Morgan [1999] 476 says ' ... below the line of the Peloponnesian railway); ca. 1.5 km northeast of southeast entrance to Corinth canal.'

2. This may be the site to which Wiseman (Wiseman [1977] 47, no. 2) is referring: "A prominent ridge rises just inland from Kalamáki and northwest of the new highway ... " And yet Wiseman reports no finds from this specific location. Wiseman's site is F7562 in this atlas.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Kalamaki', pg. 60.

2. Morgan [1999]: Morgan, Catherine. Isthmia VIII; The Late Bronze Age Settlement and Early Iron Age Sanctuary . The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, New Jersey, '31 Kalamaki', pg. 476.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 79 Kalamaki', pg. 38. 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., 'A 82 Kalamaki', pg. 70. Online here.

5. Wiseman [1978]: Wiseman, James. The Land of the Ancient Corinthians. Paul Aströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden, '2) A prominent ridge rises just inland from Kalamáki ... ', pg. 47.