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Siphnos: To Froudhi tou Kalamitsiou

PK	C1179
TITLE	Siphnos: To Froudhi tou Kalamitsiou
WGS84	36.95034° N, 24.687539° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.95034, 24.687539
LON/LAT	24.687539, 36.95034

DMS

36° 57' 1.224" N

24° 41' 15.1404" E

W3W	hugger, buzzards, clearing
UTM	35 S, 294096.94, 4091861.97
EGSA87	561066, 4089296

Elevation m	241
Elevation feet	790.7
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Siphnos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Schallin [1993], 22    'Scant remains ... '
2.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 313    ' ...; other material has been reported.'
3.    Settlement.   Vlachopoulos and Georgiadis [2011], 346    ' ... the only known LH IIIC known (sic) site in the Cyclades that meets the criteria of a 'refugee' settlement; ... '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 313    'On a lofty acropolis c. 1.5 km. N of Vathy harbour, on the W coast, a single LH sherd was found; ... '
5.    Sherds.   Fimmen [1921], 14    'Mykenische Scherben ... von der Ansiedlung Phrudi tu Kalamitsiu im Nat.-Mus. Athen ... '
6.    Sherds.   Scholes [1956], 32    '...a kylix base and stem with a rough wash of red paint.'
7.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 189    '...Mycenaean surface sherds have been found.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Fimmen [1921]: 14, 'Mykenische Scherben ... '

2. Late Cycladic III: (1420 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 22, ' ... remains of the middle LBA have been reported ... ' In Schallin [1993] the middle LBA encompasses the LC III. See p. 8, Table 1.

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Scholes [1956]: 32, 'Probably this is a local piece imitating Mycenaean monochrome ware.'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 189, 'LH III(A-B)',' ..., Mycenaean surface sherds have been found.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 313, ' ... LH sherd ...', 'LH III(A-B)'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 189, 'LH III(A-B)',' ..., Mycenaean surface sherds have been found.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 313, ' ... LH sherd ...', 'LH III(A-B)'

6. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Vlachopoulos and Georgiadis [2011]: , ''Tis Baronas to Froudi' is the only known LH IIIC known (sic) site in the Cyclades that ... '

NOTES

1. Fimmen [1921] 14 says "Nekropolen in der Art der Kykladengräber bei ... Vathy im Südwesten; daneben auch Siedlungsreste."

2. I have taken the position from the Towers of Siphnos project which is here. It is consistent with Simpson [1981] 189.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Fimmen [1921]: Fimmen, Dietrich. Die Kretisch-Mykenische Kultur. Verlag und Druck von B.G. Teubner, Leipzig und Berlin. 1921., 'Siphnos', pg. 14. Online here.

2. 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, '45. To Froudhi tou Kalamitsiou', pg. 22.

3. Scholes [1956]: Scholes, Kathryn. ‘The Cyclades in the Later Bronze Age: A Synopsis’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 51 (1956), pp. 9-40, '9. Siphnos.', pg. 32. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Siphnos: To Froudhi Tou Kalamitsiou', pg. 189. 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., 'To Froudhi tou Kalamitsiou', pg. 313. Online here.

6. Stampolidis and Maner [2011]: Stampolidis, Nicholas Chr. and Çiğdem Maner, Konstantinos Kopanias. NOSTOI; Indigenous Culture, Migration + Integration In The Aegean Islands + Western Anatolia During The Late Bronze + Early Iron Ages. Koç University Press. Istanbul, Turkey 2011., '',

7. Vlachopoulos and Georgiadis [2011]: Vlachopoulos, Andreas and Mercourios Georgiadis. ‘The Cyclades and the Dodecanese during the Post-Palatial Period: Heterogeneous Developments of a Homogeneous Culture’, In Stampolidis and Maner [2011] pp. 337-368, '', pg. 346. Online here.