Site details

Erimi: Kafkalla

PK	C1804
TITLE	Erimi: Kafkalla
WGS84	34.688212° N, 32.91635° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	34.688212, 32.91635
LON/LAT	32.91635, 34.688212

DMS

34° 41' 17.5632" N

32° 54' 58.86" E

W3W	revived, unscrews, lambing
UTM	36 S, 492338, 3838471
EGSA87	1317724, 3874568

Elevation m	126
Elevation feet	413.4
Region	Cyprus

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Hadjisavvas et al. [2017], 5    'A number of tombs at Erimi Kafkalla ... '
2.    Pottery.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 325    'Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery' includes Erimi Kafkalla

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Cycladic I: (1700 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Hadjisavvas et al. [2017]: 5, 'A number of tombs at Erimi Kafkalla dated to the LC I and LC IIC periods ... '

2. Late Cycladic IIC: (1480 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Hadjisavvas et al. [2017]: 5, 'A number of tombs at Erimi Kafkalla dated to the LC I and LC IIC periods ... '

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

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

NOTES

1. Additional bibliography:

Maria Rosaria Belgiorno "Short Report of the First Survey at Erimi/Kafkalla (October 2004), in RDAC 2005, 225-9. It is here. Ms. Belgiorno describes the site as being on the 'right side' of the Kouris River. It is, in fact, on the left (east) side.
Stuart Swiny, "Southern Cyprus, 2000-1500 B.C.", Vol II, Figures. 1979. It is here.
Andreou, Georgia-Marina, "Traversing Space: Landscape and Identity in Bronze Age Cyprus", Ph.D. dissertation submitted to School of History, Classics and Archaeology, The University of Edinburgh, 2014. This Dissertation contains the exact coordinates for Erimi-Kafkalla. It is downloadable here.

2. Position from AGM14, p. 435

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hadjisavvas et al. [2017]: Hadjisavvas, Sophocles with Priscilla Keswani and Ariane Jacobs. Alassa; Excavations at the Late Bronze Age Sites of Pano Mantilaris and Paliotaverna 1984-2000.. Lefkosia, Cyprus, 'Alassa in its Regional Settlements Context', pg. 5. 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., 'Catalogue I: Sites in the Mediterranean with Mycenaean pottery', pg. 325. Online here.