Site details

Kalbaki

PK	C1359
TITLE	Kalbaki
WGS84	39.875556° N, 20.637758° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	39.875556, 20.637758
LON/LAT	20.637758, 39.875556

DMS

39° 52' 32.0016" N

20° 38' 15.9288" E

W3W	eater, mercenary, marmalade
UTM	34 S, 469023, 4414008
EGSA87	212299, 4419071

Elevation m	467
Elevation feet	1532.2
Region	Epirus

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   AE [1956], 114
2.    Cem.   Kleitsas [2014], 1    'In nearby Kalpaki ... a group of four more cist graves were found, forming a small cemetery. The first grave was a man's burial and contained a clay pot, a bronze dagger, a bronze spearhead and a bronze curved knife, while the fourth grave contained two skeletons with two clay vases, bronze jewellery and beads made of various materials. The second, a child grave, had no offerings and the third one was poorly provided with a vase and a bracelet.'
3.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 302    'A group of cists was excavated here about 100 m. W of the Ioannina-Konitsa road ...'
4.    Cist Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 177    'Four cist graves were excavated here, ... In one cist were a Type F sword and a spearhead, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 177, 'BA LH III(B-C)?'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Kleitsas [2014]: 1, 'The Late Bronze Age'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 177, 'BA LH III(B-C)?'
    b.    AE [1956]: 114,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 302, 'LH III(B-C)?'

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 177, 'BA LH III(B-C)?'
    b.    AE [1956]: 114,
    c.    AE [1956]: 114,
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 302, 'LH III(B-C)?'

NOTE

1. I spent considerable time carefully calculating the distances from the various kilometer markers. As near as I can tell this spot is almost exactly 31.5 km. distant from Ioannina. If this is what is meant in Simpson [1981], 177, 'K 7 (= L 7) Kalbaki' then this should be quite close to the actual find spot.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AE [1956]: Archaiologike Ephemeris, Athens, Greece. 1956, '', pg. 114.

2. Kleitsas [2014]: Kleitsas, Christos. ‘The Bronze Age in Epirus (Part 3); The Late Bronze Age: The Burial Customs’, archaeology & arts, Oct. 20, 2014., 'The Bronze Age in Epirus (Part 3)', pg. 1. Online here. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'K 7 (= L 7) Kalbaki', pg. 177. 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., 'K 6 Kalbaki', pg. 302. Online here.