Site details

Kamina

PK	C5223
TITLE	Kamina
WGS84	37.945556° N, 23.541111° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	37.945556, 23.541111
LON/LAT	23.541111, 37.945556

DMS

37° 56' 44.0016" N

23° 32' 27.9996" E

W3W	leathers, descending, pelvic
UTM	34 S, 723286, 4202820
EGSA87	459532, 4199586

Elevation m	9
Elevation feet	29.5
Region	Saronic
Subregion	Salamis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 204    'A "Submycenaean tholos tomb" reported from Kamini nearby seems more likely to be LH IIIC and a chamber tomb; ...'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 47    'A "Submycenaean tholos tomb" reported from Kamini nearby seems more likely to be a chamber tomb and be of the LH IIIC period.'
3.    Tholos.   AR[1961], 7    'At 'Kamini' near Ambelakia Miss A. Andriomenou excavated a sub-Mycenaean tholos tomb.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 205, '...seems more likely to be LH IIIC and a chamber tomb; ...'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 47, '...more likely to be ... of the LH IIIC period.'

2. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    AR[1961]: 7, '...sub-Myceaean...'

NOTE

1. Placed following Wikimapia which labels this region 'Kaminaki area'.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1961]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (8) 1961., 'Salamis', pg. 7. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 17 Salamis: Ambelakia', pg. 47. Online here.

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., 'F 11 Salamis: Ambelakia', pg. 204. Online here.