Site details

Aidhepsos: Koumbi

PK	C5214
TITLE	Aidhepsos: Koumbi
WGS84	38.868872° N, 23.037395° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	38.868872, 23.037395
LON/LAT	23.037395, 38.868872

DMS

38° 52' 7.9392" N

23° 2' 14.622" E

W3W	fastens, wand, coughed
UTM	34 S, 676755, 4304198
EGSA87	416343, 4302379

Elevation m	4
Elevation feet	13.1
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Phialon [2011], 127    'Les fouilles d'Aidipsos-Koumbi, sur la pente ouest de la colline, ont livré d'importants restes d'habitat HM à HR III A1.'
2.    Settlement.   AR[1990], 38    'A pure MH layer and two different buildings of the same period, ... '
3.    Sherds.   Sackett et al. [1966], 39    '... his account of coarse, poorly fired pottery with a black core, Grey Minyan, and a little matt-painted M.H.'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 267    'In an olive grove near the beach c. 500 m. N of Loutra Aidhepsou some coarse ware (possibly N) and MH Grey Minyan and Matt-painted were found.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 39, 'Theochares found ... M.H. at this small site, ...'
    b.    AR[1990]: 38, 'A pure MH layer ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 267, 'MH', ' ... and MH Grey Minyan ... '
    d.    Phialon [2011]: , 'MH', artifacts, buildings, tombs

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Phialon [2011]: 127, 'HR I', artifacts, buildings

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Phialon [2011]: 127, 'HR II', artifacts, buildings

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Phialon [2011]: 127, 'HR III', artifacts, buildings

NOTES

1. Site described in Sackett et al. [1966] as '...about ten minutes' walk north of Aidhepsos Loutra along the beach, in an olive field on rising ground.'

2. AR[1990] 38 says "On the W side of the hill, 2km N of the Springs of Aidepsos, ... " Measuring 2 km in Google Earth in a straight line from the E-W trending coast at Aidepsos, where the springs are located, brings us to this spot.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1990]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (37) 1990-1991., 'Aidepsos; Koumbi.', pg. 38. Online here.

2. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.3.1.11. La côte nord de l'Eubée', pg. 127.

3. Sackett et al. [1966]: Sackett, L.H., and V. Hankey, R.J. Howell, T.W. Jacobsen, M.R. Popham. ‘Prehistoric Euboea: Contributions toward a Survey’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, pp. 33-112, [1966], '5. Aidhepsos: Koumbi.', pg. 39. Online here.

4. 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., 'G 87 Aidhepsos: Koumbi', pg. 267. Online here.