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Ellinika

PKC1184
TITLEEllinika
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

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UTM35 S, 279703, 4074314
EGSA87 547238, 4071314

Elevation m4
Elevation feet 13.1
RegionCyclades
SubregionKimolos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AM[1954], 154    
2.    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.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1184 is at 36.7892° N, 24.53109° E, a straight-line distance of 17.6 m.