Vlakhioti: Kokkinadha
| PK | C1150 |
| TITLE | Vlakhioti: Kokkinadha |
| WGS84 | 36.865618° N, 22.694663° E |
| Accuracy | 50 m. |
| LAT/LON | 36.865618, 22.694663 |
| LON/LAT | 22.694663, 36.865618 |
| DMS | 36° 51' 56.2248" N | , | 22° 41' 40.7868" E |
| W3W | bond, microbe, disputing |
| UTM | 34 S, 651056, 4081306 |
| EGSA87 | 383500, 4080472 |
| Elevation m | 30 |
| Elevation feet | 98.4 |
| Region | Laconia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery
TYPE
1. hab. Simpson and Janko [2011], 107 'In 1956 some LH III sherds were found on its west slope.', 'A small Mycenaean site, either a 'farm' or a 'hamlet', seems to be indicated.'2. Settlement. Simpson [1981], 106 'Sporadic traces of LH III settlement were found .. particularly on the west slope of a large red hill named Kokkinadha, ...'
3. Settlement. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 114 'Sporadic traces of EH and LH settlement on hills bordering the Helos plain, both to NW and SE of Vlachioti.'
4. Settlement. Banou [1996], 55 ' ..., die einerseits auf dichte Besiedlung der Gegend im SHIII hinweisen, andererseits aber die Rekonstruktion eines auch noch hypothetischen Siedlunssystems ohne weitere systematische Forschung hier nicht erleichtert.'
5. Sherds. Laconia I, 92 'L.H. III sherds were collected on the west slope of Kokkinadha, but none on its summit.'
6. Sherds. Ålin [1962], 95 'Auf dem Hügel Kokkinadha, ..., wurde SH III-Keramik gefunden.'
7. Sherds. Bintliff [1977a], 460 'A scatter of Late Mycenaean 3 sherds were found on it, and on a low knoll to the west 2 possible chamber tombs were located.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 114, 'Sporadic traces of EH and LH settlement ...'
2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 114, 'Sporadic traces of EH and LH settlement ...'
3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 106, 'Sporadic traces of LH III settlement were found ... ', 'EH II LH III C H'
b. Laconia I: 92,
c. Simpson and Janko [2011]: 107, '...some LH III sherds ...'
d. Banou [1996]: 55, '...im SHIII datieren.'
e. Bintliff [1977a]: 460, '... Late Mycenaean 3 sherds were found on it, ...'
f. Ålin [1962]: 95, ' ..., wurde SH III-Keramik gefunden.'
NOTE
1. Marker placed following directions in Laconia I, p. 92, '1 kilometre north-west of Vlakhioti, on the immediate right of the branch road to Myrtia, is a large red hill named Kokkinadha.' This hill is plainly visible in Google Earth.
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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., 'Vlakhioti', pg. 95.
2. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '30. Kokkinada', pg. 55.
3. Bintliff [1977a]: Bintliff, John L.. Natural Environment and Human Settlement in Prehistoric Greece; based on original fieldwork, Part ii. BAR Supplementary Series 28(ii). British Archaeological Reports. 122, Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7BP, England., 'Kokkinadha', pg. 460.
Online here.
4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 20 Vlakhioti: Kokkinadha etc.', pg. 106.
Online here.
5. 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 23 Vlachioti: Kokkinadha etc.', pg. 114.
Online here.
6. Simpson and Janko [2011]: Simpson, Richard Hope and Richard Janko. ‘Ayios Stephanos in Southern Laconia and the Locations of Ancient Helos’, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici, 53, pp. 97-130, 2011, '20. Vlachioti: Kokkinada', pg. 107.
Online here.
7. Laconia I: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part I’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 55, pp.67-107, 1960, 'The Vlakhioti Area', pg. 92.
Online here.