Site details

Lakkithra

PK	C583
TITLE	Lakkithra
WGS84	38.12433° N, 20.517606° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.12433, 20.517606
LON/LAT	20.517606, 38.12433

DMS

38° 7' 27.588" N

20° 31' 3.3816" E

W3W	wordy, mongrel, crisis
UTM	34 S, 457718.58, 4219719.73
EGSA87	194577, 4225053

Elevation m	172
Elevation feet	564.3
Region	Ionian Islands
Subregion	Kephalonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 189    'These were often provided with rich grave-goods, including gold jewellery and bronze weapons and vessels.'
2.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 157    'Four chamber tombs were excavated here; all but the smallest contained burials in pits, often accompanied by gold jewellery and bronze weapons and vessels.'
3.    Cem.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 42    '...Marinatos excavated four chamber tombs and a number of round pits or bothroi in 1931 and 1932.'
4.    Cem.   AE [1932], 17
5.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 189    'Four chamber tombs of varied type were excavated here, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 42, ' ... and included vases dating from LH IIIA2-B ... '

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 157, 'LH IIIB-C'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 42, 'Tomb Δ was probably the earliest to be constructed on the site, at the latest in early LH IIIB.', ' ... and included vases dating from LH IIIA2-B ... ', 'Most probably therefore the tomb (Γ, RHC) was constructed in LH IIIB and continued in use in LH IIIC ... '
    c.    AE [1932]: 17,
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 189, 'LH IIIB-C C or H'

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 157, 'LH IIIB-C', 'The large tombs all seem to have continued in use until late in the LH IIIC period.'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 42, For Tomb Β: 'None of the vases are earlier than LH IIIC.'
    c.    AE [1932]: 17,
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 189, 'The large tombs all seem to have continued in use until late in LH IIIC.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AE [1932]: Archaiologike Ephemeris, Athens, Greece. 1932, '', pg. 17.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 18 Lakkithra', pg. 157. 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 25 Kephallenia: Lakkithra', pg. 189. 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. , 'Lakkithra (26)', pg. 42. Online here.