Site details

Spilia: Kavaki

PK	C1323
TITLE	Spilia: Kavaki
WGS84	39.791253° N, 22.623079° E
Accuracy	500 m.

LAT/LON	39.791253, 22.623079
LON/LAT	22.623079, 39.791253

DMS

39° 47' 28.5108" N

22° 37' 23.0844" E

W3W	mockery, matey, appear
UTM	34 S, 638970, 4405849
EGSA87	381958, 4405209

Elevation m	756
Elevation feet	2480.3
Region	Magnesia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 284    'The tomb contained a single adult burial provided with two LH IIIA2-B vases, a knife, a seal stone, and other objects.'
2.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 167    'Mycenaean built tombs of tholos type ...', 'A tomb of similar type but much ruined was found at Kibourli, about a kilometre to west along the same ridge, ...'
3.    Cem.   AAA[1969], 165
4.    Cem.   AD[1969], 223
5.    Cem.   Eder [2008],     'A burial in the tholos tomb at Spilia ... '
6.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 252    'D. Theocharis a fouillé en 1968 une petite tombe à tholos, au lieu-dit Kavaki, sur une croupe rocheuse située dans le massif de l'Ossa à 3,5 km au Sud-Ouest du village de Spilia.'
7.    Tholos.   Feuer [1983], 104    'On a narrow ridge 2 kilometers southwest of the village of Spilia at an elevation of c. 800 meters on the western slope of Mt. Ossa, a small tholos tomb ... '
8.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 284    'A small LH built tomb of tholos type ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    AAA[1969]: 165,
    b.    AD[1969]: 223,

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 167, 'LH IIIA2-B'
    b.    Pelon [1976]: 252, 'Théocharis a daté la tombe, d'après les deux vases qu'elle renfermait, de l'HR IIIA 2-B 1.'
    c.    Eder [2008]: , ' ... two alabastra of LH IIIA2 date, ... '
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 284, 'LH IIIA2-B'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 167, 'LH IIIA2-B'
    b.    AAA[1969]: 165,
    c.    AD[1969]: 223,
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 284, 'LH IIIA2-B'

4. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 252, 'Théocharis a daté la tombe, d'après les deux vases qu'elle renfermait, de l'HR IIIA 2-B 1.'

NOTE

1. Simpson does not supply locational information in Simpson [1981], 167, 'H 32 Spilia: Kavaki'. I do not know where this tholos is. The ridge I have selected is both 2 km. from Spilia (Simpson [1981], 167) in a direct line and it is 3.5 km. from Spilia (Pelon [1976], 252, '43. Spilia') by road - so satisfying both criteria. There are springs in this rugged area but I cannot locate Kavaki specifically.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AAA[1969]: Archaiologika analekta ex Athenon, Athens, Greece. 1969, '', pg. 165.

2. AD[1969]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 24, '', pg. 223.

3. Eder [2008]: Eder, Birgitta. Aegeo-Balkan Prehistory, '', Online here.

4. Feuer [1983]: Feuer, Bryan. The Northern Mycenaean Border in Thessaly. BAR International Series, no. 176. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports. 1983., 'Spilia', pg. 104.

5. Pelon [1976]: Pelon, Olivier. Tholoi, tumuli et cercles funéraires; Recherches sur les monuments funéraires de plan circulaire dan l'Égée de l’Âge du Bronze (IIIe at IIe millénaires av. J.-C). Bibliothèques de l'École française d'Athènes et de Rome - Série Athènes, 229. 1976., '43. Spilia', pg. 252. Online here.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 32 Spilia: Kavaki', pg. 167. Online here.

7. 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., 'H 31 Spilia: Kavaki', pg. 284. Online here.