Site details
Rhodes: Kolimbia
| PK | C1443 |
| TITLE | Rhodes: Kolimbia |
| WGS84 | 36.250703° N, 28.168139° E |
| Accuracy | 20 m. |
| LAT/LON | 36.250703, 28.168139 |
| LON/LAT | 28.168139, 36.250703 |
| DMS | 36° 15' 2.5308" N | , | 28° 10' 5.3004" E |
| W3W | quacking, making, unguided |
| UTM | 35 S, 604950, 4012388 |
| EGSA87 | 874424, 4019532 |
| Elevation m | 8 |
| Elevation feet | 26.2 |
| Region | Dodecanese |
| Subregion | Rhodes |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds
TYPE
1. settlement. Georgiadis [2003], 39 'At Kolimbia in the Theotokos area (B48) surface evidence suggests the presence of a Minoan and subsequent Mycenaean occupation, ... '2. Sherds. Melas [1988], 300 'The pottery scatter covers an area of about 20 x 30 m., but a couple of sherds were also found further SW,...'
SITE SIZE
- p. 300, Size: 600 sq. m. 'The pottery scatter covers an area of about 20 x 30 m., but a couple of sherds were also found further SW,...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Melas [1988]: 300, 'The bulk of the pottery appears to be Middle Minoan (MMIII?). Part of the earlier, handmade, stuff might possibly be early Minoan, ...'
2. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
a. Melas [1988]: 300, 'The bulk of the pottery appears to be Middle Minoan (MMIII?). Part of the earlier, handmade, stuff might possibly be early Minoan, ...'
3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Georgiadis [2003]: 39, ' ... Mycenaean ... '
NOTE
1. This area has been completely transformed by the building of multiple giant hotels and I think that few of Melas' ([1988], 300) landmarks remain. I used his map (287, Fig. 5) to place the marker.
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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. 39.
Online here.
2. Melas [1988]: Melas, M.. ‘Exploration in the Dodecanese: New Prehistoric and Mycenaean Finds’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, (83), pp. 283-311. 1988., '2. Kolimbia-Theotokos', pg. 300.
Online here.