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Andros: Episkopio

PKC1160
TITLEAndros: Episkopio
WGS84 37.776634° N, 24.926795° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 37.776634, 24.926795
LON/LAT 24.926795, 37.776634

DMS 37° 46' 35.8824" N,24° 55' 36.462" E

W3Wmellows, risk, smarting
UTM35 S, 317417, 4183057
EGSA87 581469, 4181149

Elevation m296
Elevation feet 971.1
RegionCyclades
SubregionAndros





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 307    'A complete alabastron in the Andros museum is given this provenance, from the hills behind the bay of Korthi near the S end of Andros; ... '
2.    Pottery.   Simpson [1981], 185    'A Mycenaean alabastron in the Andros museum is said to have come from this village, ...'
3.    Pottery.   Koutsoukou [1992:2], 461    'The third vase in the Museum is said to come from Piskopeio at Korthi is a two-handled straight-sided alabastron decorated with fine bands and lines ... '
4.    Pottery.   Barber [1981], 17    'A Mycenaean angular alabastron (Andros Collection no. 47) came from this foothill village ... '
5.    Pottery.   Schallin [1993], 13    'An intact angular alabastron in the Andros Museum is said to have come from this island village ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Barber [1981]: 17, 'A Mycenaean angular alabastron ... '

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 185, 'LH(III)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 307, 'LH (III)'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Koutsoukou [1992:2]: 461, ' ... fine bands and lines (LH IIIA-B).'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Koutsoukou [1992:2]: 461, ' ... fine bands and lines (LH IIIA-B).'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 13, 'The pot is dated to the late LBA and possibly indicates the presence of a tomb in the neighburhood.'

NOTES

1.  An alabastron in the Andros museum is thought to have come from the region of this town and, as there is no real find spot, the placement is notional. Barber reports that the local people 'recall the discovery of what was probably a tomb'.

2.  Schallin [1993] 8, table 1, defines late 'LBA' as encompassing LHIIIC

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Barber [1981]:  Barber, R.L.N.. ‘The Late Cycladic Period: A Review’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (76), pp. 1-21, 1981., '4. Episkopeio (Andros South 400162)', pg. 17. Online here.

2.  Koutsoukou [1992:2]:  Koutsoukou, Anthi. An Archaeological Survey in North-West Andros, Cyclades (Part II). PhD Dissertation prepared for University of Edinburgh, '4. Piskopeio', pg. 461. Online here.

3.  Schallin [1993]:  Schallin, Ann-Louise. Islands under Influence: The Cyclades in the Late Bronze Age and the Nature of Mycenaean Presence.. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, no. 111. Jonsered 1993, '5. Episkopeio (Piskopeio, Korthi)', pg. 13.

4.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Andros: Episkopio', pg. 185. 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., 'Episkopio', pg. 307. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1160 is at 37.77514° N, 24.95136° E, a straight-line distance of 2 km and 168 m.