Salamis: Kanakia: Mycenaean Acropolis
| PK | C1537 |
| TITLE | Salamis: Kanakia: Mycenaean Acropolis |
| WGS84 | 37.90021° N, 23.411784° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.90021, 23.411784 |
| LON/LAT | 23.411784, 37.90021 |
| DMS | 37° 54' 0.756" N | , | 23° 24' 42.4224" E |
| W3W | copybook, remnant, stature |
| UTM | 34 S, 712050, 4197486 |
| EGSA87 | 448137, 4194619 |
| Elevation m | 56 |
| Elevation feet | 183.7 |
| Region | Saronic |
| Subregion | Salamis |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Palace
TYPE
1. Acropolis. BCH Online, 46012. Acropolis. Tartaron [2013], 237 'Kanakia was an acropolis-type settlement of LH IIIA-IIIC date in the south-western corner of Salamis, ...'
3. hab. BCH Online, 1 '...on the Myc elite residence on the acropolis and the neighbouring Myc cemetery.'
4. hab. AR[2001], 14 '...two large adjacent buildings, situated at the higher levels of the acropolis, ...'
5. hab. AR[2003], 9 'The Myc urban complex, ...'
6. Megaron. AR[2004], 10 '...the clearing of an impressive double megaron ...'
SITE SIZE
- Tartaron [2013] p. 238, Size: 45000 sq. m. '...built area covers approximately 4.5 hectares, with structures varying in size and plan separated by roads and courtyards ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. BCH Online: 4601, '...Mycenaean...'
2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Tartaron [2013]: 237, '...settlement of LH IIIA-IIIC date ...'
3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Tartaron [2013]: 237, '...settlement of LH IIIA-IIIC date ...'
b. BCH Online: 736, '...LHIIIB-LHIIIC E pottery...'
c. AR[2001]: 15, '...partly excavated building IB ..., in use in LH IIIB-IIIC:early times, ...'
d. AR[2003]: 11, '...has yielded a quantity of common pottery of LH IIIB/IIIC: early date ...'
e. AR[2004]: 10, 'The plan of each megaron can be compared to that of the first LH IIIB megaron excavated on the lower terraces of the Cyclopean acropolis at Midea in the Argolid.'
4. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
a. AR[2003]: 9, '..., and common pottery of LH IIIB2/LH IIIC: early type.'
5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Tartaron [2013]: 237, '...settlement of LH IIIA-IIIC date ...'
b. BCH Online: 736, '...LHIIIB-LHIIIC E pottery...'
c. AR[2001]: 14, '... destruction or abandonment in the LH IIIC:early phase.'
d. AR[2003]: 10, '..., and common pottery of LH IIIB2/LH IIIC: early type.', '...final phase of occupation in the building, probably early in the LH IIIC: E period, ...'
e. AR[2004]: 10, 'The bulk of the material present in the abandonment deposits in the double megaron is apparently associated with the final use of building gamma by new tenants (or squatters?), in the LH IIIC - E period ...'
6. LH IIIC1: (1190 BC - 1130 BC)
a. BCH Online: 736, '...LHIIIB-LHIIIC E pottery...'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Salamis', no. 4601.
Online here.
Online here.
2. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'Salamis', no. 736.
Online here.
Online here.
3. AR[2001]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (48) 2001., 'Salamis. Kanakia', pg. 14.
Online here.
4. AR[2003]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (50) 2003., 'Salamis: Kanakia', pg. 9.
See p. 9, fig. 12 here for a good site plan of part of the Myc. acropolis.
Online here.
5. AR[2004]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (51) 2004., 'Salamis; Kanakia', pg. 10.
Online here.
6. Tartaron [2013]: Tartaron, Thomas. Maritime Networks in the Mycenaean World. Cambridge University Press. 2013., '', pg. 237.