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Vasiliko: Kalogeros

PK	C575
TITLE	Vasiliko: Kalogeros
WGS84	37.716972° N, 20.993197° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.716972, 20.993197
LON/LAT	20.993197, 37.716972

DMS

37° 43' 1.0992" N

20° 59' 35.5092" E

W3W	join, mazelike, diverging
UTM	34 S, 499400, 4174413
EGSA87	234818, 4178382

Elevation m	2
Elevation feet	6.6
Region	Ionian Islands
Subregion	Zakynthos

GENERAL SITE TYPE House

TYPE

1.    hab.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1125
2.    House.   Simpson [1981], 155    and pottery .. of which a considerable quantity was found.
3.    House.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 121    '.. S. Benton and H. Lorimer excavated parts of two LH houses in 1933.'
4.    House.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 193    'Parts of two LH houses were excavated.'
5.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 193    'The pottery ranged from LH I ... to LH III, of which there was a considerable quantity.'
6.    Pottery.   Benton [1931], 215    ' ... we picked up the neck of a stirrup vase, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 193, 'Parts of two LH houses were excavated.'
    b.    Benton [1931]: 215, ' ... and also a Mycenaean kylix stem.'

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 155, 'LH I-III(A-B) G A'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 121, 'The pottery dated from LH I to LH III(A-B). Lord William Taylour identified parts of Vapheio cups and sherds with possible argonaut motifs ... .. Most of the pottery was LH III, and there was apparently a large quantity of it.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 193, 'The pottery ranged from LH I ... to LH III, ... '

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 155, 'LH I-III(A-B) G A'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 121, 'The pottery dated from LH I to LH III(A-B). Lord William Taylour identified parts of Vapheio cups and sherds with possible argonaut motifs ... .. Most of the pottery was LH III, and there was apparently a large quantity of it.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 193, 'The pottery ranged from LH I ... to LH III, ... '

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 155, 'LH I-III(A-B) G A'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 193, 'The pottery ranged from LH I ... to LH III, ... '

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 121, 'The pottery dated from LH I to LH III(A-B). Lord William Taylour identified parts of Vapheio cups and sherds with possible argonaut motifs ... .. Most of the pottery was LH III, and there was apparently a large quantity of it.'
    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1125,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 193, 'LH I-III(A-B) G A'

6. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Benton [1931]: 215, ' ... neck of a stirrup vase, which seems to be as early as L.M. III B ... '

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 121, 'The pottery dated from LH I to LH III(A-B). Lord William Taylour identified parts of Vapheio cups and sherds with possible argonaut motifs ... .. Most of the pottery was LH III, and there was apparently a large quantity of it.'
    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1125,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 193, 'LH I-III(A-B) G A'

8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 193, 'LH I-III(A-B) G A'

9. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 193, 'LH I-III(A-B) G A'

NOTES

1. In Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999] 121: 'On the headland of Kalogeros (or Kalogera), on the eastern side of the bay of Porto Roma, S. Benton and H. Lorimer excavated parts of two LH houses in 1933. The excavation, which was only briefly reported at the time, remained unpublished and the finds were lost in the aftermath of the 1953 earthquake.4 The pottery dated from LH I to LH III(A-B). Lord William Taylour identified parts of Vapheio cups and sherds with possible argonaut motifs (FM 22).5 There is also mention of an early Mycenaean jug imported from the Argolid.6 But most of the pottery was LH III, and there was apparently a large quantity of it. The only extant pottery, today in the British School at Athens, comes from S. Benton's preliminary survey. It consists of the upper part of a large stirrup jar (Pl. 13) and two monochrome sherds from a kylix (stem and lower part of the bowl, the latter now missing).7'

2. 'Parts of two houses were excavated.'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Benton [1931]: Benton, Sylvia. ‘The Ionian Islands’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, (32), pp. 213-246, 1931/32., '', pg. 215. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 10 Vasiliko: Kalogeros', pg. 155. 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., 'E 40 Zakynthos: Vasiliko: Kalogeros', pg. 193. Online here.

4. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: Souyoudzoglou-Haywood, Christina. The Ionian Islands in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age; 3000-800 B.C.. Liverpool University Press. 1999. , 'Kalogeros (55)', pg. 121. Online here.

5. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1125.