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Ginani: Citadel A

PKC1545
TITLEGinani: Citadel A
WGS84 37.898008° N, 23.458332° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.898008, 23.458332
LON/LAT 23.458332, 37.898008

DMS 37° 53' 52.8288" N,23° 27' 29.9952" E

W3Wunification, tells, ascends
UTM34 S, 716150, 4197348
EGSA87 452228, 4194350

Elevation m176
Elevation feet 577.4
RegionSalamis





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Lolos and Sakkas [2004], 41    'After the end of the coastal Mycenaean town at Kanakia, the succeeding residential settlement, as a result of forced population movement, was located in the unobtrusive, protected, and even now "untouched" Ginani plateau, ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Lolos and Sakkas [2004]: 41, ' ... it was proposed to date the settlement to post-Mycenaean, Dark and Geometric times, on the basis of ostraca collected up to that time, from various points throughout the plateau ... '

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Lolos and Sakkas [2004]: 41, ' ... it was proposed to date the settlement to post-Mycenaean, Dark and Geometric times, on the basis of ostraca ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Lolos and Sakkas [2004]:  Lolos, Yannos and Demetres Sakkas. Δωδώνη Επιστημονική Επετηρίδα Τμήματος Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων; (33), pp. 27-76. 2004., 'III. Ωροπέδιο Γκίνανι Ακρόπολη A', pg. 41. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1545 is at 37.88677° N, 23.47009° E, a straight-line distance of 1 km and 622 m.