Pigadhia: Xenona
| PK | C1407 |
| TITLE | Pigadhia: Xenona |
| WGS84 | 35.507773° N, 27.211717° E |
| Accuracy | 10 m. |
| LAT/LON | 35.507773, 27.211717 |
| LON/LAT | 27.211717, 35.507773 |
| DMS | 35° 30' 27.9828" N | , | 27° 12' 42.1812" E |
| W3W | showstopping, stylish, halo |
| UTM | 36 S, 727440, 3932248 |
| EGSA87 | 1545708, 3990551 |
| Elevation m | 15 |
| Elevation feet | 49.2 |
| Region | Dodecanese |
| Subregion | Karpathos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab
TYPE
1. hab. Simpson [1981], 199 '...abundant LH III sherds were found, concentrated over an area about 130 m. north to south by 100 m., ...'2. Pottery. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 357 ' ... where part of a conical cup (LM IA?) was also found.'
3. Sherds. Melas [1985], 28 'Just twenty metres south of the road, which roughly marks the southern limit of the Xenona site, a few Minoan-Mycenaean sherds were collected from trenches around the house of Martha Nikitiadou ...'
4. Sherds. Simpson and Lazenby [1970], 69 'Some further diagnostic sherds confirm L.H. IIIA and IIIB habitation.'
5. Sherds. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 357 ' ..., abundant LH III sherds were found, ... '
SITE SIZE
- Simpson [1981] p. 199, Size: 13000 sq. m. '...concentrated over an area about 130 m. north to south by 100 m.,...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 199, 'EB? LM IA? LH IIIA2-B'
2. Minoan: (3100 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 29, ' ..., a few Minoan-Mycenaean sherds were collected ...'
3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Melas [1985]: 29, ' ..., a few Minoan-Mycenaean sherds were collected ...'
4. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 357, ' ... where part of a conical cup (LM IA?) was also found.'
5. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 199, 'EB? LM IA? LH IIIA2-B', ' ..., where part of a conical cup, probably of LM IA date, was also found.'
6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 357, ' ..., abudant LH III sherds were found, ... '
7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Simpson and Lazenby [1970]: 69, 'Some further diagnostic sherds confirm L.H. IIIA and IIIB habitation.'
8. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 199, 'EB? LM IA? LH IIIA2-B'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 357, ' ... LH IIIA2-B'
9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 199, 'EB? LM IA? LH IIIA2-B'
b. Simpson and Lazenby [1970]: 69, 'Some further diagnostic sherds confirm L.H. IIIA and IIIB habitation.'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 357, ' ... LH IIIA2-B'
NOTES
1. For the position of the Xenona hotel (F4538) see the sketch map in Simpson and Lazenby [1970], 'Notes from the Dodecanese II', p. 68, Fig. 12. It appears as though in the last half century this hotel has metamorphosed into the Xenodokeio Bay Watch. The rest of the Xenona area shown in the sketchmap must be now completely inaccessible due to the overbuilding of hotels.
2. The Nikitiadou house is F4539.
3. For background see Simpson and Lazenby [1962] pp. 159-161.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Melas [1985]: Melas, Emmanuel. The Islands of Karpathos, Saros and Kasos in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg 1985., 'A7. Xenona, Avla and Makeli', pg. 28.
2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Pigadhia: Xenona', pg. 199.
Online here.
3. Simpson and Lazenby [1962]: Simpson, Richard Hope and J.F. Lazenby. ‘Notes from the Dodecanese’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 57, pp. 154-175, 1962., '', Online here.
4. 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., 'Karpathos; The Xenona at Pigadhia', pg. 68.
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., 'Pigaghia: Xenona', pg. 357.
Online here.