Site details

Argostoli: Diakata

PK	C589
TITLE	Argostoli: Diakata
WGS84	38.168256° N, 20.533781° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	38.168256, 20.533781
LON/LAT	20.533781, 38.168256

DMS

38° 10' 5.7216" N

20° 32' 1.6116" E

W3W	tagged, awesome, governed
UTM	34 S, 459161, 4224586
EGSA87	196177, 4229876

Elevation m	236
Elevation feet	774.3
Region	Ionian Islands
Subregion	Kephalonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 187    ' ... provided with weapons and find (sic) jewellery as well as pottery.'
2.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 156    'A Mycenaean cemetery was discovered on the south slopes of a ridge about 1200 m. east-southeast of the acropolis of Krane.  A large rectangular chamber tomb of the "cave dormitory" type and a small roughly circular tomb were excavated.'
3.    Cem.   PAE[1912], 117
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 38    'The larger tomb (1) was almost square (5.00x4.70m). It had a chamber of the 'cave-dormitory' type (type II) with ten deep pits dug on either side of a footpath.'
5.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 187    'The Diakata tombs lie on the S slope of a ridge c. 1200 m. ESE of the acropolis of Kranea.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    PAE[1912]: 117,

2. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 156, '... which suggest that the cemetery continued in use until late in the LH IIIC period.'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 38, ' ... would suggest that the tomb was constructed at an early date in LH IIIC. But the extant vases belong to the developed LH IIIC style, ... '
    c.    PAE[1912]: 117,
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 187, 'LH IIIC', 'The presence of three long pins and a fibula among the goods suggests that these tombs continued in use until late in LH IIIC.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1912]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1912., '', pg. 117.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 14 Argostoli: Diakata and Starochorafa', pg. 156. 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 21 Kephallenia: Diakata and Starochorafa', pg. 187. 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. , 'Diaka or Diakata (18)', pg. 38. Online here.