Ellinika
| PK | C1184 |
| TITLE | Ellinika |
| WGS84 | 36.789039° N, 24.53111° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 36.789039, 24.53111 |
| LON/LAT | 24.53111, 36.789039 |
| DMS | 36° 47' 20.5404" N | , | 24° 31' 51.996" E |
| W3W | prepay, provide, plastering |
| UTM | 35 S, 279703, 4074314 |
| EGSA87 | 547238, 4071314 |
| Elevation m | 4 |
| Elevation feet | 13.1 |
| Region | Cyclades |
| Subregion | Kimolos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Artifacts. AM[1954], 1542. Building. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 313 ' ...: substantial building remains are to be seen on the islet and underwater, ... '
3. Cem. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 313 'A cemetery of rock-cut tombs ... '
4. Settlement. Simpson [1981], 190 'Substantial remains of buildings are to be seen on the islet and underwater.'
5. Settlement. Schallin [1993], 16 'The promontory and the small nearby island of Ayios Andreas were probably part of the same settlement in antiquity.'
6. Settlement. Barber [1981], 17 'Ayios Andreas was probably an LC settlement.'
7. Settlement. Scholes [1956], 11 ' ..., and Bent saw house-foundations in the shallow water which divides the two today.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Scholes [1956]: 12, ' ... inhabited from the close of the Mycenaean period to the Roman age.'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 313, 'A cemetery of rock-cut tombs appears to be of LH date, ... '
2. Late Cycladic: (1700 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Barber [1981]: 17, 'Ayios Andreas was probably an LC settlement.'
3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 313, ' ..., and good LH III pottery is reported, ... '
4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. AM[1954]: 154,
5. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 190, 'LH IIIA2-C G A C H'
b. Schallin [1993]: 16, 'LH IIIA2 - C pottery sherds were observed on the surface of the site, ... '
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 313, 'LH IIIA2-C ... '
6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 190, 'LH IIIA2-C G A C H'
b. AM[1954]: 154,
c. Schallin [1993]: 16, 'LH IIIA2 - C pottery sherds were observed on the surface of the site, ... '
d. Scholes [1956]: 32, 'Possibly it comes from a stirrup-jar of IIIB depressed type; ... '
e. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 313, 'LH IIIA2-C ... '
7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 190, 'LH IIIA2-C G A C H'
b. AM[1954]: 154,
c. Schallin [1993]: 16, 'LH IIIA2 - C pottery sherds were observed on the surface of the site, ... '
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 313, ' ...; vases seen by Moustakas ... are clearly LH IIIC, ... '
8. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. AM[1954]: 154,
9. Early Geometric: (900 BC - 850 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 313, 'The next datable material is EG.'
10. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 313, 'LH IIIA2-C G A ... '
NOTE
1. Much of this ancient city is submerged.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. AM[1954]: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung, Germany. 1954., '', pg. 154.
2. 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., '13. Ellinika (Limni) (Kimolos 011089)', pg. 17.
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, '18. Ellenika', pg. 16.
4. 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, 'Kimolos', pg. 11.
Online here.
5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Kimolos: Ellinika', pg. 190.
Online here.
6. 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., 'Ellinika', pg. 313.
Online here.