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Kattavia: Ayios Minos: sto Granto

PK	C1389
TITLE	Kattavia: Ayios Minos: sto Granto
WGS84	35.956895° N, 27.766001° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	35.956895, 27.766001
LON/LAT	27.766001, 35.956895

DMS

35° 57' 24.822" N

27° 45' 57.6036" E

W3W	destructive, sunrises, flask
UTM	35 S, 569076, 3979439
EGSA87	839534, 3985439

Elevation m	75
Elevation feet	246.1
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Rhodes

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1135
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Lazenby [1973], 147    'They appear to have been chamber tombs, carved into the 'kouskouras' which here alternates with harder layers of limestone.'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 353    'LH chamber tombs were plundered on the slopes below (the chapel, rhc) ... '
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 197    'Some Mycenaean chamber tombs were plundered on the slopes below, between the chapel and the village.'
5.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 353    'Only three vases were recovered from the illicit excavations.'
6.    Sherds.   Dietz [1984], 78    'This slope is still called Granto today - but only very few and very insignificant sherds were found on the slope itself. At the very top, just south of the chapel of Agh. Minas, however, quite a number of sherds was found.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Dietz [1984]: 78, ' ..., sherds of the early Archaic period and probably Mycenaean coarse-ware sherds could be identified.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 353, 'LH Chamber tombs ... '

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1135,

3. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 197, '... except one fragment from a stemmed cup ... which is probably LH IIIA1.'
    b.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 148, '...a very interesting fragment ... which is probably L.H. IIIA 1.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 353, 'LH IIIA1? ... ', ' ... a fragment of a stemmed cup ... which is surely LH IIIA1.'

4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 197, 'They (found vases, RHC) appear to range from LH IIIA2 to LH IIIB, ...'
    b.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 148, 'The Mycenaean pottery collected in 1970 all belongs to the L.H. IIIA 2 ...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 353, ' ... LH IIIA2-B ... ', 'Sherds collected ... are all LH IIIA2 or LH IIIB, ... '

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 197, 'They (found vases, RHC) appear to range from LH IIIA2 to LH IIIB, ...'
    b.    Simpson and Lazenby [1973]: 148, '... or L.H. IIIB periods, ...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 353, ' ... LH IIIA2-B ... ', 'Sherds collected ... are all LH IIIA2 or LH IIIB, ... '

6. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Dietz [1984]: 78, ' ..., sherds of the early Archaic period and probably Mycenaean coarse-ware sherds could be identified.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 353, ' ... A'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Dietz [1984]: Dietz, Søren. Lindos IV, 1; Excavations and Surveys in Southern Rhodes: The Mycenaean Period. The National Museum of Denmark, Archaeological Historical Series (22:1). 1984, 'Sto Granto Kattavia', pg. 78. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Kattavia: Ayios Minos', pg. 197. Online here.

3. 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., 'Kattavia: Ayios Minas', pg. 147. 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., 'Kattavia', pg. 353. Online here.

5. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1135.