Site details

Kalavasos-Ayios Dimitrios

PK	C1789
TITLE	Kalavasos–Ayios Dimitrios
WGS84	34.750675° N, 33.302991° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	34.750675, 33.302991
LON/LAT	33.302991, 34.750675

DMS

34° 45' 2.43" N

33° 18' 10.7676" E

W3W	classifies, querying, portrayed
UTM	36 S, 527732, 3845436
EGSA87	1352647, 3884773

Elevation m	51
Elevation feet	167.3
Region	Cyprus

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 200    'At Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios ... several graves yielded Mycenaean vases, but only a limited number contained substantial quantities and a wide variety of drinking vessels.'
2.    Pottery.   South and Steel [2007], 1    'Among many imported materials, Mycenaean pottery is the most common, ...'
3.    Pottery.   South and Steel [2007], 7    'Tomb 13 stands out for the large quantity of Mycenaean pottery. It contained at least 41 Mycenaean vessels, including three pictorial kraters, comprising 45% of the catalogued pottery. This is by far the highest quantity and percentage of Mycenaean in any tomb at the site, and only a few tombs elsewhere in Cyprus contain more.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 325, ' ... IIB-IIIA1 ... '
    b.    South and Steel [2007]: 4,

2. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 325, ' ... IIB-IIIA1 ... '
    b.    South and Steel [2007]: 4,

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 325, ' ... IIIA2 ... '

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 325, ' ... IIIB ... '

NOTE

1. Additional info for Ayios Dimitrios is here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. South and Steel [2007]: South, Alison and Louise Steel. ‘Red Lustrous Wheelmade Ware from Kalavasos’, Hein, (ed.), [2007] pp. 179-190. [2007]., 'Red Lustrous Wheelmade Ware from Kalavasos', pg. 1. Online here.

2. van Wijngaarden [2002]: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy (ca. 1600 - 1200 BC). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and Amsterdam University Press. 2002., '', pg. 200. Online here.