Site details

Salamis: Ayia Kyriaki

PK	C1540
TITLE	Salamis: Ayia Kyriaki
WGS84	37.966932° N, 23.501565° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.966932, 23.501565
LON/LAT	23.501565, 37.966932

DMS

37° 58' 0.9552" N

23° 30' 5.634" E

W3W	weary, bypass, embeds
UTM	34 S, 719746, 4205098
EGSA87	456070, 4201976

Elevation m	11
Elevation feet	36.1
Region	Saronic
Subregion	Salamis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 205    'On the E slope of Prophitis Ilias to E of the town is a large chamber tomb cemetery at Ayia Kyriaki, ... '
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 47    'At Ayia Kyriaki on the east slopes of the hill of Profitis Ilias, to east of the town, is a large chamber tomb cemetery.'
3.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 205    'Excavated samples have produced a range of pottery ... '
4.    Tomb.   Ålin [1962], 113    ' ... und Kyparissis untersuchte 1939 eine Nekropole bei Ajia Kyriaki.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 47, '...may also be the source of various vases ... and which include some of the LH II period.'

2. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 47, '...have produced a range of pottery from the LH IIIA1 to the Sub-Mycenaean periods ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 205, ' ... a range of pottery from LH IIIA1 to ... '

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 47, '...have produced a range of pottery from the LH IIIA1 to the Sub-Mycenaean periods ...'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 47, '...have produced a range of pottery from the LH IIIA1 to the Sub-Mycenaean periods ...'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 47, '...have produced a range of pottery from the LH IIIA1 to the Sub-Mycenaean periods ...'

6. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 205, ' ... to SMyc. ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Salamis', pg. 113.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 18 Modern Salamis (formerly Koulouris)', pg. 47. 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., 'F 12 Salamis: Modern Salamis', pg. 205. Online here.