Kalindria/Kilindir
| PK | C1669 |
| TITLE | Kalindria∕Kilindir |
| WGS84 | 41.10418° N, 22.775323° E |
| Accuracy | Unknown |
| LAT/LON | 41.10418, 22.775323 |
| LON/LAT | 22.775323, 41.10418 |
| DMS | 41° 6' 15.048" N | , | 22° 46' 31.1628" E |
| W3W | miscast, task, enamels |
| UTM | 34 T, 649075.32, 4551840.78 |
| EGSA87 | 397014, 4550759 |
| Elevation m | 98 |
| Elevation feet | 321.5 |
| Region | Macedonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery
TYPE
1. Mound. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980], 86 'In 1952 S. Casson of the British School excavated a prehistoric mound near Kilindria, ... '2. Pottery. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980], 86 'Typical pottery was a ware decorated with incisions filled with white paste.'
3. Pottery. Simpson [1981], 183 'Kilindir is the northernmost site in Macedonia where Mycenaean pottery has been found. The finds are said to have included a stirrup-jar ...'
4. Pottery. Aslaksen [2013], 99 ' ... also matt-painted and Mycenaean pottery tying the site to the Aegean ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 183, 'EB LB LH III(B-C)'
b. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 86, 'The site was first occupied in the Early Bronze Age.'
c. Aslaksen [2013]: 99, ' ... has layers dating from the Early Bronze and the Late Bronze Age, ... '
2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Aslaksen [2013]: 99, ' ... also matt-painted and Mycenaean pottery tying the site to the Aegean ... '
3. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 183, 'EB LB LH III(B-C)'
b. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: 86, 'The site was destroyed by fire at the end of the Bronze Age, ... '
c. Aslaksen [2013]: 99, ' ... has layers dating from the Early Bronze and the Late Bronze Age, ... '
4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 183, 'EB LB LH III(B-C)'
5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 183, 'EB LB LH III(B-C)'
NOTES
1. Placed notionally based on Casson [1916] 296 which requires that the mound be just north of the station (F5425).
2. Although Kilindir is clearly a BA settlement Aslaksen refers to it as a 'site' throughout; e.g. on p. 99, '7.2.5 Kilindir', "Kilindir is located about 11 km east of Tsautsitsa, ... The site lies by a river bed ... "
3. Find a bibliography of Kalindria in French [1967] 14, 'Kalindria (Kilindir) A 1'. He did not visit this site.
4. The Mycenaean Atlas Project would like to thank Dr. Stratos Nanoglou of the University of Thessalonika for making available a copy of French [1967] which would have been otherwise difficult to obtain.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Aslaksen [2013]: Aslaksen, Ole Christian . Global and local in Late Bronze Age Central Macedonia; Economy, mobility and identity. Gotarc Series B. Archaeological Theses 61, University of Gothenburg; Department of Historical Studies, Sweden, '7.2.5 Kilindir', pg. 99.
' ... has layers dating from the Early Bronze and the Late Bronze Age, ... '
Online here.
2. French [1967]: French, D.H.. Index of Prehistoric Sites in Central Macedonia and Catalogue of Sherd Material in The University of Thessaloniki. Athens, 'Kalindria (Kilindir) A 1', pg. 14.
3. Leekley and Efstratiou [1980]: Leekley, Dorothy and Nicholas Efstratiou. Archaeological Excavations in Northern Greece. Noyes Press, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1980, 'Kilindria (Kilkis)', pg. 86.
4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'L 51 Kalindria (Kilindir)', pg. 183.
DH French, CM No. A 1
Online here.