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Lioni (Kythera)

PKC1111
TITLELioni (Kythera)
WGS84 36.156741° N, 22.978951° E
Accuracy 100 m.

LAT/LON 36.156741, 22.978951
LON/LAT 22.978951, 36.156741

DMS 36° 9' 24.2676" N,22° 58' 44.2236" E

W3Wsunburnt, lazily, tempts
UTM34 S, 678015, 4003148
EGSA87 408007, 4001528

Elevation m237
Elevation feet 777.6
RegionKythera





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 111    '.. are two chamber tombs, ...'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 122    'About 150 m. left of the road and c. 1 km. N of Chora are two chamber tombs, ... '
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 96    '1914 grub Stais hier ein 3-geteiltes Kammergrab aus.'
4.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 122    ' ..., one of which contained LM IB and LH (IIB-)IIIA1 pottery and other goods ... '
5.    Tomb.   Laconia II, 149    'The tomb excavated by Stais at Lioni ... '
6.    Vase.   Benton [1931], 245    'The survival there of a Middle Minoan steatite vase ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Benton [1931]: 245, 'The survival there of a Middle Minoan steatite vase ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 122, ' ... a fine stone pyxis, apparently a MM "heirloom".'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 111, 'LM IB LH (IIB-)IIIA1'

3. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 96, 'Waterhouse datiert das Grab, in SH I-II.'

4. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 96, 'Waterhouse datiert das Grab, in SH I-II.'

5. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 111, 'LM IB LH (IIB-)IIIA1'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 122, ' ... contained LM IB and LH (IIB-)IIIA1 pottery ... '

6. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 111, 'LM IB LH (IIB-)IIIA1'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 122, ' ... contained LM IB and LH (IIB-)IIIA1 pottery ... '

7. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 149, ' ..., and this vase and the three small piriform jars seem to belong to the beginning of the L.H./L.M. IIIA period.'

8. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 149, ' ..., and this vase and the three small piriform jars seem to belong to the beginning of the L.H./L.M. IIIA period.'

9. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 111, 'LM IB LH (IIB-)IIIA1'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 122, ' ... contained LM IB and LH (IIB-)IIIA1 pottery ... '

NOTE

1.  Ålin [1962] 96 lists the grave goods as ' ..., einige Bronze- und Kleinfunde sowie Vasen, die letzteren anscheinend Amphoren und Alabastra im Palastil, ein Steatitgefäss und ein Askos. Nur die beiden letztgenannten wurden publiziert.'

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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., 'Kythera', pg. 96.

2.  Benton [1931]:  Benton, Sylvia. ‘The Ionian Islands’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, (32), pp. 213-246, 1931/32., '11. Kythera', pg. 245. Online here.

3.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 54 Kythera: Lioni (Kythera)', pg. 111. 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., 'C 51 Kythera: Lioni', pg. 122. Online here.

5.  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, 'Lioni', pg. 149. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1111 is at 36.15203° N, 22.97434° E, a straight-line distance of 668.5 m.