Kalavarda: Aniforo Hill or Tzitzo or Kaminaki-Lures
| PK | C1377 |
| TITLE | Kalavarda: Aniforo Hill or Tzitzo or Kaminaki–Lures |
| WGS84 | 36.337931° N, 27.945424° E |
| Accuracy | 20 m. |
| LAT/LON | 36.337931, 27.945424 |
| LON/LAT | 27.945424, 36.337931 |
| DMS | 36° 20' 16.5516" N | , | 27° 56' 43.5264" E |
| W3W | fuses, stomach, crooned |
| UTM | 35 S, 584845, 4021846 |
| EGSA87 | 854005, 4028374 |
| Elevation m | 46 |
| Elevation feet | 150.9 |
| Region | Dodecanese |
| Subregion | Rhodes |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Cem. Georgiadis [2003], 37 'At Kalavarda ..., on the Aniforo hill, the area, where the Aniforo, Tzitzo and Kaminaki-Lures cemeteries may have been situated, was identified...'2. Chamber Tomb. Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 141 'Eight Mycenaean chamber tombs have been excavated in the vicinity.'
3. Chamber Tomb. Simpson [1981], 196 'Eight Mycenaean chamber tombs have been excavated in the area to south of Kalavarda, at locations variously described as "Tzitzo", "Kaminaki Lures" and "Aniforo", including one with a double dromos.'
4. Chamber Tomb. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 351 'Eight LH chamber tombs have been excavated here (variously described as at "Tzitzo", "Kaminaki-Lures" or "Aniforo"), ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 196, 'MB? LH IIIA2-C G C H'
2. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
a. Georgiadis [2003]: 37, '..., which was in use from LH IIIA1 to LH IIIC.'
3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 196, 'MB? LH IIIA2-C G C H'
b. Georgiadis [2003]: 37, '..., which was in use from LH IIIA1 to LH IIIC.'
c. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 141, 'Mycenaean pottery from the Kalavarda tombs as a whole spans the periods L.H. IIIA 2 to L.H. IIIC 1 (inclusive).'
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 351, 'Their contents span the periods LH IIIA2 to LH IIIC.'
4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 196, 'MB? LH IIIA2-C G C H'
b. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 141, 'Mycenaean pottery from the Kalavarda tombs as a whole spans the periods L.H. IIIA 2 to L.H. IIIC 1 (inclusive).'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 351, 'Their contents span the periods LH IIIA2 to LH IIIC.'
5. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
a. Georgiadis [2003]: 37, ' ..., which was in use from LH IIIA1 to LH IIIC.'
6. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Georgiadis [2003]: 37, ' ..., which was in use from LH IIIA1 to LH IIIC.'
7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 196, 'MB? LH IIIA2-C G C H'
b. Georgiadis [2003]: 37, '..., which was in use from LH IIIA1 to LH IIIC.'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 351, 'Their contents span the periods LH IIIA2 to LH IIIC.'
8. LH IIIC1: (1190 BC - 1130 BC)
a. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 141, 'Mycenaean pottery from the Kalavarda tombs as a whole spans the periods L.H. IIIA 2 to L.H. IIIC 1 (inclusive).'
NOTES
1. Location taken from the map in Georgiadis [2003] 280, Fig. 5.23 and cf. photos 5.24, 5.25.
2. In Laurenzi [1959], an article on ancient Kameiros, we read 'Intorno, sulle alture e nelle valli, erano situate le necropoli, di cui le più importanti sono quelle di Fichellura, Checraci, Patelle, Calatomilo, Papatislures, Macri Langoni.'
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Georgiadis [2003]: Georgiadis, Mercourios. The South-Eastern Aegean in the Mycenaean Period; Islands, landscape, death and ancestors. BAR International Series 1196. 2003., '', pg. 37.
Georgiadis reproduces the Simpson-Lazenby sketch map in fig. 5.23.
Online here.
2. Laurenzi [1959]: Laurenzi, L.. ‘Camiro’, Treccani; Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, '', Online here.
3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Kalavarda: Aniforo', pg. 196.
Online here.
4. Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: Simpson, Richard Hope and J.F. Lazenby. ‘Notes from the Dodecanese III’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 68, pp. 127-179, 1973., 'Kalavarda: Aniforo', pg. 141.
See here for a discussion of the history of the excavations in this area.
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., 'Kalavarda: Aniforo', pg. 351.
Online here.