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Ayios Kosmas

PK	C1548
TITLE	Ayios Kosmas
WGS84	37.894046° N, 23.715487° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.894046, 23.715487
LON/LAT	23.715487, 37.894046

DMS

37° 53' 38.5656" N

23° 42' 55.7532" E

W3W	tiling, guessing, bedroom
UTM	34 S, 738777, 4197536
EGSA87	474836, 4193810

Elevation m	0
Elevation feet	0
Region	Attica

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Stubbings [1947], 34    ' ... at H. Kosmas, also a habitation site; ... '
2.    Lithics.   Alram-Stern [2004], 542    ' ... behandelte I. M. Geroulanos seine Sammlung von Obsidian. Sie besteht aus Oberflächenfunden aus Trachones, Alimos und Agios Kosmas, ... ' == 'I.M. Geroulanos presented (behandelte) his collection of obsidian. It consists of surface finds from Trachones, Alimos, and Agios Kosmas, ... '
3.    settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 206    'A settlement and cemetery of the EH III phase have been excavated, ... '
4.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 104    'Mylonas grub 1930 - 31 und 1951 auf dem Vorgebirge und auf der Landzunge Siedlungsreste aus.'
5.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 44    'The settlement seems to have been more important in the Early Helladic period than later. But there are remains of LH IIA structures and graves of similar date at the southwest end, and extensive though fragmentary remains of LH III structures.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 104, 'Besiedlung in FH und SH Zeiten wurde festgestellt.'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 44, 'EH II-III MH LH IIA-IIIC'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 206, 'EH II - III MH LH IIA - IIIC'

3. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 44, 'EH II-III MH LH IIA-IIIC'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 206, 'EH II - III MH LH IIA - IIIC', ' ... habitation in EH III - MH.'

4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 44, 'EH II-III MH LH IIA-IIIC'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 206, 'EH II - III MH LH IIA - IIIC', ' ... habitation in EH III - MH.'

5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 104, 'Besiedlung in FH und SH Zeiten wurde festgestellt.'

6. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 104, 'In der Siedlung stammen aus SH II nur geringe Baureste und einige Vasen, ... '

7. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 44, 'EH II-III MH LH IIA-IIIC'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 206, 'EH II - III MH LH IIA - IIIC', 'There are remains of LH IIA structures and graves ... '

8. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 44, 'EH II-III MH LH IIA-IIIC'

9. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 206, 'EH II - III MH LH IIA - IIIC', ' ... fragmentary remains of LH III structures.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 104, 'Aus SH III sind mehrere Fundamentreste, ...' (of which some are in the water)

10. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 44, 'EH II-III MH LH IIA-IIIC'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 206, 'EH II - III MH LH IIA - IIIC'

11. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 206, 'EH II - III MH LH IIA - IIIC', 'A krater from House T should be LH IIIA1, ...'

12. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 206, 'EH II - III MH LH IIA - IIIC', ' ..., other pottery from this and House S LH IIIA2 - B ...'

13. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 44, 'EH II-III MH LH IIA-IIIC'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 206, 'EH II - III MH LH IIA - IIIC', ' ... a LH IIIB stirrup-jar ... '
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 104, ' ... Vasen und mehrere Fragmente, die wohl IIIB, ... angehören.', 'Die Erbauung des Hauses dürfte auch in IIIB liegen.'

14. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 44, 'EH II-III MH LH IIA-IIIC'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 206, 'EH II - III MH LH IIA - IIIC', ' ... and a surely LH IIIC deep bowl.'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 104, 'Schöpflöffel, von denen mindestens die erste Vase, nach den Fundumständen wohl auch die zweite, in IIIC zu datiern sind.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Ajios Kosmas', pg. 104.

2. Alram-Stern [2004]: Alram-Stern, Eva. Die ägäische Frühzeit: 2. Serie: Forschungsbericht 1975-2002. 2. Band: Teil 1 und Teil 2: Die Frühbronzezeit in Griechenland mit Ausnahme von Kreta. VÖAW, 'Trachones – Agios Kosmas', pg. 542. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 6 Ayios Kosmas', pg. 44. Online here.

4. 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 16 Ayios Kosmas', pg. 206. Online here.

5. Stubbings [1947]: Stubbings, F.H.. ‘The Mycenaean Pottery of Attica’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol 42, pp. 1-75, 1947., '', pg. 34. Online here.