Site details

Ayia Varvara

PK	C1416
TITLE	Ayia Varvara
WGS84	36.95796° N, 26.973118° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.95796, 26.973118
LON/LAT	26.973118, 36.95796

DMS

36° 57' 28.656" N

26° 58' 23.2248" E

W3W	admire, unlucky, foal
UTM	35 S, 497607, 4090209
EGSA87	764567, 4094052

Elevation m	45
Elevation feet	147.6
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Kalymnos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   BSA [1962], 172
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [2018], 422    ' ... the cave of Ayia Varvara, from which came Neolithic and Mycenaean (LH IIIB-C) sherds ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 202    'In the Ayia Varvara cave, about 400 m. to northeast of Perakastro, Neolithic and LH IIIB-C sherds have been found.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Neolithic: (6500 BC - 3200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2018]: 422, ' ... the cave of Ayia Varvara, from which came Neolithic and Mycenaean (LH IIIB-C) sherds ... '

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 202, 'In the Ayia Varvara cave, about 400 m. to northeast of Perakastro, Neolithic and LH IIIB-C sherds have been found.'
    b.    Simpson [2018]: 422, ' ... the cave of Ayia Varvara, from which came Neolithic and Mycenaean (LH IIIB-C) sherds ... '

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 202, 'In the Ayia Varvara cave, about 400 m. to northeast of Perakastro, Neolithic and LH IIIB-C sherds have been found.'
    b.    BSA [1962]: 172,
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 422, ' ... the cave of Ayia Varvara, from which came Neolithic and Mycenaean (LH IIIB-C) sherds ... '

NOTE

1. For more:

Furness, A. (1957). 'Some early pottery of Samos, Kalimnos and Chios.', Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 22, 188. Online here

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BSA [1962]: Annual of the British School at Athens, Athens, Greece. (57) 1962., '', pg. 172. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Pothia: Perakastro', pg. 202. Online here.

3. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Nisoi Kalydnai (Il. 2. 677)', pg. 420. Online here.