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Kapari

PKC1188
TITLEKapari
WGS84 36.751046° N, 24.517234° E
Accuracy 200 m.

LAT/LON 36.751046, 24.517234
LON/LAT 24.517234, 36.751046

DMS 36° 45' 3.7656" N,24° 31' 2.0424" E

W3Wempathy, interpreted, blocking
UTM35 S, 278355, 4070130
EGSA87 546023, 4067092

Elevation m93
Elevation feet 305.1
RegionCyclades
SubregionMelos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 315    'A ship-model handed in suggests a cemetery in the area.'
2.    Cem.   Renfrew [2011], 988049    ' ... (or possibly cemetery?) ... '
3.    Cem.   Cherry [1982], 296    ' ..., CEM?', 'The existence of a cemetery is suggested by hints of tombs nearby, ...
4.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 315    'Remains probably attributable to a small settlement have been found here ... '
5.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 190    'A small settlement is indicated here ...'
6.    Settlement.   Wagstaff and Cherry[1982], 139    'Kapari (site 27) is the sole known Middle Cycladic settlement outside Phylakopi, yet being just a few hundred metres away it can only have enjoyed the status of an annexe to the larger site.'
7.    Settlement.   Renfrew [2011], 988049    'Small settlement (or possibly cemetery?) ... '
8.    Settlement.   Cherry [1982], 296    'HAB, ... ', ' ... a small settlement at the foot of the south slopes of the hill immediately behind Phylakopi ...


SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 190,  Size:  sq. m.  '...small...', Area not determined

- Wagstaff and Cherry[1982]  p. 38,  Size:  sq. m.  '... it has been proposed on the basis of a magnetometer survey that Kapari near Phylakopi (site 27) may be a kiln site, although there is little other evidence for this.', Area not determined

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Phylakopi I: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Renfrew [2011]: 988049, ' ... of Phylakopi I and later date.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 190, 'Phyl I MB LB'
    c.    Cherry [1982]: 296, 'Phyl I; MB; LB?'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 315, 'Phyl I   MB   LB'
    e.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, '«Φυλακωπή Ι». MK. YEX;'

2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 190, 'Phyl I MB LB'
    b.    Cherry [1982]: 296, 'Phyl I; MB; LB?'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 315, 'Phyl I   MB   LB'

3. Phylakopi II: (2000 BC - 1575 BC)
    a.    Cherry [1982]: 296, 'Plentiful pottery, especially of Phylakopi I and II date, ... '

4. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Wagstaff and Cherry[1982]: 139, 'Kapari (site 27) is the sole known Middle Cycladic settlement outside Phylakopi, ...'
    b.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, '«Φυλακωπή Ι». MK. YEX;'

5. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 190, 'Phyl I MB LB'
    b.    Cherry [1982]: 296, 'Phyl I; MB; LB?'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 315, 'Phyl I   MB   LB'
    d.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 73, '«Φυλακωπή Ι». MK. YEX;'

NOTES

1.  Simpson [1981] 190, "Melos: Kapari" provides little placement information. This marker was placed according to Simpson's directions.

2.  Page numbers in Renfrew [2011] are, in actuality, location numbers in the electronic edition, ISBN 978-1-78570-773-5.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Cherry [1982]:  Cherry, John F.. ‘Appendix A: Register of Archaeological Sites on Melos’, In Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982] 291 - 309, '27. Kapari K988049', pg. 296.

2.  Renfrew [2011]:  Renfrew, Colin. The Emergence of Civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millenium BC. Oxbow Books. Second ed., 2011 (First edition 1972), '5. Kapari (Kimolos 988049)', pg. 988049. Online here.

3.  Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982]:  Renfrew, Colin and Malcolm Wagstaff (eds.). An Island Polity; The archaeology of exploitation in Melos. Cambridge University Press. 1982., '',

4.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Melos: Kapari', pg. 190. 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., 'Kapari', pg. 315. Online here.

6.  Soterakopoulos [2004]:  Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '21. Κάπαρη.', pg. 73. Online here.

7.  Wagstaff and Cherry[1982]:  Wagstaff, Malcolm and John F. Cherry. ‘Settlement and Population Change’, Renfrew and Wagstaff[1982], 136-155, '', pg. 139.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1188 is at 36.75718° N, 24.50781° E, a straight-line distance of 1 km and 83 m.