Site details

Cape Mnima

PK	C1233
TITLE	Cape Mnima
WGS84	38.581403° N, 23.53201° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	38.581403, 23.53201
LON/LAT	23.53201, 38.581403

DMS

38° 34' 53.0508" N

23° 31' 55.236" E

W3W	cleared, symmetrical, harvest
UTM	34 S, 720553, 4273366
EGSA87	459089, 4270143

Elevation m	19
Elevation feet	62.3
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Sackett et al. [1966], 52    '...sherds of Neolithic type were found by Hankey in 1939, along with some L.H. ...'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 224    'Sherds were found scatteredd over the slopes of the ridge between Politika and Cape Mnima, ...'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 54    'The greatest concentration (of sherds, rhc) was at a point about 500 m. above and northeast of the beacon. Mycenaean sherds included LH III kylix stems.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 52, '..., produced evidence of E.H., M.H., L.H., and Classical date.'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'N EH II MH LH III(A-B) C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 224, '...EH II...'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'N EH II MH LH III(A-B) C'
    b.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 52, '..., produced evidence of E.H., M.H., L.H., and Classical date.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 224, '...MH...'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 52, '..., produced evidence of E.H., M.H., L.H., and Classical date.'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'N EH II MH LH III(A-B) C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 224, '... LH III(A-B) ...'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 54, 'N EH II MH LH III(A-B) C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 224, '... LH III(A-B) ...'

NOTE

1. The position of these sherds turns on what is meant in Simpson [1981], 54, 'B 63 Politika: Cape Mnima' when he says: "500 m. above and northeast of the beacon." It is not clear that his beacon still exists. The cape is marked by a floating light station about 211 m. offshore. I have drawn a 500 m. radius circle centered at the tip of the cape (38.577473 N, 23.528835 E) and then placed the marker on that circle on the eastern slopes from Cape Mnima.

rhc

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Sackett et al. [1966]: Sackett, L.H., and V. Hankey, R.J. Howell, T.W. Jacobsen, M.R. Popham. ‘Prehistoric Euboea: Contributions toward a Survey’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, pp. 33-112, [1966], '25. Politika: Mnima (Cape)', pg. 52. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 63 Politika: Cape Mnima', pg. 54. Online here.

3. 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., 'F 68 Politika: Mnima', pg. 224. ' '
Online here.