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Thera: Kamari

PKC1199
TITLEThera: Kamari
WGS84 36.373632° N, 25.481354° E
Accuracy 200 m.

LAT/LON 36.373632, 25.481354
LON/LAT 25.481354, 36.373632

DMS 36° 22' 25.0752" N,25° 28' 52.8744" E

W3Wcaged, overexposed, swivel
UTM35 S, 363772, 4026462
EGSA87 632734, 4026121

Elevation m11
Elevation feet 36.1
RegionCyclades
SubregionThera





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Hab

TYPE

1.    Hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 345    'House-remains were excavated here, ... '
2.    hab.   Hiller von Gaertringen [1904], 39    'Da die Ecole durch andere dringende Arbeiten verhindert war, diese Untersuchungen fortzusetzen, und Gefahr im Verzuge war, hat dann im Jahre 1899 Robert Zahn an einer anderen Stelle, etwas weiter östlich, ebenfalls in einer tiefen Erosionsschlucht, dem Potamos bei Kamara gegraben. Wahrscheinlich wurden sich aber noch andere Stellen finden lassen, die in dieser Zeit bewohnt waren, wenn auch die Erhaltungsbedingungen nicht überall so günstig liegen.'
3.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 191    'Some house remains were excavated here, about 500 m. south of Kamari village, not far to north of Mesavouno.'
4.    House.   BSA [1956], 13    'Similar remains and pottery were found by Zahn in the river-bed in this region in the south-eastern sector of Thera.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Bronze I: (1570 BC - 1400 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 191, 'LB I'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 345, 'LB I'

NOTE

1.  I have a few doubts about this. The location relies on von Gaertringen, Thera III, 39 who speaks of 'Potamos' but there is another Potamos on the islet of Therasia. So this is based on von Gaertringen's joining Potamos with 'bei Kamara'.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  BSA [1956]:  Annual of the British School at Athens, Athens, Greece. (51) 1956., 'Thera; Kamara', pg. 13. Online here.

2.  Hiller von Gaertringen [1904]:  Hiller von Gaertringen, Friedrich (ed.). Thera; Untersuchungen, Vermessungen und Ausgrabungen in den Jahren 1895-1902, Band 3. Berlin, verlag von Georg Reimer, 1904., 'Erstes Kapitel: Die Anfaenge bis zur grossen Bimssanderuption', pg. 37. Online here.

3.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Thera: Kamara', pg. 191. Online here.

4.  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., 'Kamara', pg. 345. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1199 is at 36.37257° N, 25.4832° E, a straight-line distance of 202.8 m.