Site details

Kambos: Acropolis

PK	C105
TITLE	Kambos: Acropolis
WGS84	36.934762° N, 22.194894° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	36.934762, 22.194894
LON/LAT	22.194894, 36.934762

DMS

36° 56' 5.1432" N

22° 11' 41.6184" E

W3W	birdman, toffee, graver
UTM	34 S, 606410, 4088302
EGSA87	339095, 4088869

Elevation m	417
Elevation feet	1368.1
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [2014], 26    'HAB(?; LH center probably Zarnata hill), ... '
2.    hab.   Messenia I, 290    'HAB? ... Location of LH habitation unclear but presumably centered on acropolis'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 133    ..it may also have been the site of a Mycenaean settlement.
4.    Settlement.   Zavadil [2012], 412    'Siedlung : Die mykenische Siedlung wird an der Stelle des Zarnata-Kastells vermutet.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 26, 'HAB(?; LH center probably Zarnata hill), ... '
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 412, 'mykenische Siedlung'

2. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 26, 'LH (IIB-III), ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 133, 'LH (IIB-III), ... '

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 26, 'LH (IIB-III), ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 133, 'LH (IIB-III), ... '

NOTE

1. See good photographs of this tholos in Boyd [2001] 167.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Messenia I: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Habitation in Southwestern Peloponnese’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jul., 1961), pp. 221-260., '81. Zarnata (Kambos)', pg. 251. Online here.

2. Simpson [2014]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos. Philadelphia:Instap Academic Press, 2014. , '81 Kambos: Zarnata', pg. 26.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 137 Kambos: Zarnata', pg. 133. Online here.

4. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Siedlung', pg. 412. Online here.