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Prokapata: Gephyri

PKC590
TITLEProkapata: Gephyri
WGS84 38.181899° N, 20.5052° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 38.181899, 20.5052
LON/LAT 20.5052, 38.181899

DMS 38° 10' 54.8364" N,20° 30' 18.72" E

W3Wanagram, fangs, falsify
UTM34 S, 456665, 4226113
EGSA87 193730, 4231485

Elevation m78
Elevation feet 255.9
RegionIonian Islands
SubregionKephalonia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 39    'The small finds included a 'razor' ... and a simple bronze ring.'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 156    'A small chamber tomb was excavated at Gephyri, ... '
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 39    'A chamber tomb was excavated by G. Pylarinos in 1909 between the villages of Prokopata and Razata below the main Argostoli to Sami road.'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 188    'A small chamber tomb excavated here ... '
5.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 188    ' ...; three fine vases ... '
6.    Pottery.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 39    'Three find vases datable to the LH IIIA2 and LH IIIB1 phases ... '
7.    Pottery.   Simpson [1981], 156    'The three fine Mycenaean vases found ... '
8.    Tomb.   AD[1919], 114    


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 39, 'Three fine vases datable to the LH IIIA2 ... '

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    AD[1919]: 114,

3. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 156, 'The three fine Mycenaean vases found here are assigned by Wardle to the LH IIIB1 period.'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 39, 'Three fine vases datable to the LH IIIA2 and LH IIIB1 phases were recovered: ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 188, ' ...; three fine vases are assigned to LH IIIB1 by Wardle.'

NOTES

1.  In Simpson and Dickinson [1979] 188, 'E 22': "Gephyri is described as below the main road between Prokopata and Razata."

2.  'A small chamber tomb was excavated at Gephyri, described as lying below the main road from Prokapata to Razata.'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  AD[1919]:  Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece. Vol. 5, 1919., '', pg. 114.

2.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 15 Prokapata: Gephyri', pg. 156. This bridge and the other, just above the church of Ayia Varvara (F642), at 38.181415, 20.504244 and about 100 m. to the south-west, are the only ones that fit the description
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 22 Kephallenia: Gephyri (Prokopata)', pg. 188. 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. , 'Prokopata-Gephyra (20)', pg. 39. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C590 is at 38.1765° N, 20.50288° E, a straight-line distance of 634.3 m.