Site details

Pigadhia: Makelli

PK	C1405
TITLE	Pigadhia: Makelli
WGS84	35.505559° N, 27.217302° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	35.505559, 27.217302
LON/LAT	27.217302, 35.505559

DMS

35° 30' 20.0124" N

27° 13' 2.2872" E

W3W	oxtails, hinges, triplet
UTM	35 S, 519706, 3929132
EGSA87	791669, 3933582

Elevation m	62
Elevation feet	203.4
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Karpathos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Lazenby [1970], 69    'The chamber tomb recorded by the late Dr. Charitonides ...'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 358    'A chamber tomb excavated on a terrace c. 400 m. S of Pigadhia harbour ... '
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 199    'A chamber tomb on a terrace about 400 m. to south of Pigadhia harbour ...', 'The Makelli tomb lies about 400 m. to southwest of the acropolis of ancient Potidaion, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 358, ' ... the kylikes and one or two of the jars appear LH in style.'

2. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 358, 'The vases are mainly LM IIIA, ... '

3. Late Minoan IIIA1: (1420 BC - 1390 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 199, 'LH/LM IIIA1-B'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Lazenby [1970]: 69, 'The pottery all appears to belong to the L.H. IIIA period, ...'

5. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 199, 'LH/LM IIIA1-B'
    b.    Simpson and Lazenby [1970]: 69, 'The L.H. IIIA1 vases show clear Minoan characteristics, ...'

6. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Lazenby [1970]: 69, '...the group that is transitional from L.H. IIIA 1 to IIIA 2.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 358, 'The latest (pottery, RHC) are of the LH IIIA2/B transitional phase.'

7. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 199, 'LH/LM IIIA1-B'

8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 199, 'LH/LM IIIA1-B'
    b.    Simpson and Lazenby [1970]: 69, '...except for a few vases ... of a phase transitional between L.H. IIIA and IIIB.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 358, 'The latest (pottery, RHC) are of the LH IIIA2/B transitional phase.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Pigadhia: Makelli', pg. 199. Online here.

2. Simpson and Lazenby [1970]: Simpson, Richard Hope and J.F. Lazenby. ‘Notes from the Dodecanese II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (65), pp. 47-77, 1970., 'Makelli at Pigadhia', pg. 69. 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., 'Pigadhia: Makelli', pg. 358. Online here.