Site details

Vithoulas

PK	C1108
TITLE	Vithoulas
WGS84	36.316627° N, 22.974559° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.316627, 22.974559
LON/LAT	22.974559, 36.316627

DMS

36° 18' 59.8572" N

22° 58' 28.4124" E

W3W	narrates, sleeved, plunge
UTM	34 S, 677259, 4020877
EGSA87	407800, 4019267

Elevation m	249
Elevation feet	816.9
Region	Kythera

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Acropolis.   Laconia II, 149    'A small acropolis overlooking the harbour of Ayia Pelayia, ... '
2.    Artifacts.   Laconia II, 149    ' ..., and a spindle whorl which is probably E.H.'
3.    Lithics.   Laconia II, 149    ' ... and obsidian fragments were found, ... '
4.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 122    'A small acropolis overlooking the harbour of Ayia Pelayia, ... '
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 111    'The prehistoric sherds were distributed over an area about 150 m. by 100 m. on the top and the east slopes'
6.    Sherds.   Laconia II, 149    'There were some E.H. sherds, ..., and a spindle whorl which is probably E.H.' also a cist grave.
7.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 122    'The prehistoric sherds were distributed over ... '
8.    Tomb.   Laconia II, 149    'To the Mycenaean period brlongs a cist grave ..., covered with a large flat stone.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 122,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  ' ... over an area c. 150 m. by 100 m. ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 149, ' ..., and a spindle whorl which is probably E.H.'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 111, 'EH II LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 122, 'EH II LH III(A-B) C H'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 149, 'To the Mycenaean period belongs a cist grave'

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 149, 'Round the grave were scattered L.H. III sherds.'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 111, 'EH II LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 122, 'EH II LH III(A-B) C H'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 111, 'EH II LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 122, 'EH II LH III(A-B) C H'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 57 Ayia Pelayia: Vithoulas (Kythera)', pg. 111. 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., 'C 54 Kythera: Ayia Pelayia: Vithoulas', pg. 122. Online here.

3. 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, 'Vithoulas', pg. 149. Online here.