Site details

Kephalari: Zoodochos Piyi

PK	C2357
TITLE	Kephalari: Zoodochos Piyi
WGS84	37.596033° N, 22.687711° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.596033, 22.687711
LON/LAT	22.687711, 37.596033

DMS

37° 35' 45.7188" N

22° 41' 15.7596" E

W3W	cantered, photocopier, overtly
UTM	34 S, 648991.2, 4162334.56
EGSA87	384003, 4161517

Elevation m	37
Elevation feet	121.4
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 46    'It is most important for the Paleolithic and Neolithic deposits, ... '
2.    Artifacts.   AAA[1973], 13
3.    Artifacts.   AD[1973], 246
4.    hab.   AD[1973], 246

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 46, 'N EH II-III? MH G C'

2. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 46, 'N EH II-III? MH G C'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 46, 'N EH II-III? MH G C'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    AAA[1973]: 13,
    b.    AD[1973]: 246,

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AAA[1973]: 13,
    b.    AD[1973]: 246,

6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AD[1973]: 246,

7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AAA[1973]: 13,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 46, 'N EH II-III? MH G C'

NOTES

1. Site contributed by Professor S. Murray, University of Toronto.

2. For a discussion of the geology of the Kephalari cave and its immediate area along with an analysis of the food resources exploited during the Palaeolithic (and with good photographs) see Starkovich et al., 'Terminal Pleistocene subsistence strategies and aquatic resource use in southern Greece', Quaternary International(465:B), 162-176, January 2018. It is online here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1973]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 28, '', pg. 246.

2. AAA[1973]: Archaiologika analekta ex Athenon, Athens, Greece. 1973, '', pg. 13.

3. 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., 'A 12A Kephalari Cave', pg. 46. Online here.