Site details

Kourion: Episkopi

PK	C1803
TITLE	Kourion: Episkopi
WGS84	34.665908° N, 32.885023° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	34.665908, 32.885023
LON/LAT	32.885023, 34.665908

DMS

34° 39' 57.2688" N

32° 53' 6.0828" E

W3W	passer, brashly, rookie
UTM	36 S, 489466, 3836001
EGSA87	1315063, 3871828

Elevation m	78
Elevation feet	255.9
Region	Cyprus

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Figurine.   Petrovic [2004], 254    'One figurine was found in a cellar from LC IIC-IIIA containing storage jars, a great quantity of broken pottery, figurines, whorls, stone implements and 14 Cypro-Minoan inscriptions.'
2.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 325    'Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery' includes Kourion Episkopi

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Petrovic [2004]: 254, 'The amount of Mycenaean pottery on the whole site is less than 1%, ... '

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 325, Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery

3. Late Cypriot IIC: (1340 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Petrovic [2004]: 254, 'One figurine was found in a cellar from LC IIC-IIIA ... '

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 325, Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery

5. Late Cypriot IIIA: (1200 BC - 1100 BC)
    a.    Petrovic [2004]: 254, 'One figurine was found in a cellar from LC IIC-IIIA ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Frizell ed. [2004]: Frizell, Barbara Santillo. PECUS. MAN AND ANIMAL IN ANTIQUITY. Proceedings of the conference at the Swedish Institute in Rome, September 9-12, 2002. Ed Barbara Santillo Frizell (The Swedish Institute in Rome. Projects and Seminars, 1), Rome 2004., '', Online here.

2. Petrovic [2004]: Petrovic, Nenad. ‘The significance of Mycenaean animal figurines abroad’, Frizell ed. [2004], 252 - 258, 'Bamboula (Kourion).', pg. 254. Online here.

3. 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., 'Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery', pg. 325. Online here.