Lioni (Kythera)
| PK | C1111 |
| TITLE | Lioni (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 |
| W3W | sunburnt, lazily, tempts |
| UTM | 34 S, 678015, 4003148 |
| EGSA87 | 408007, 4001528 |
| Elevation m | 237 |
| Elevation feet | 777.6 |
| Region | Kythera |
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.