Site details

Kasos: Ellinokamara

PK	C5939
TITLE	Kasos: Ellinokamara
WGS84	35.403164° N, 26.905087° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.403164, 26.905087
LON/LAT	26.905087, 35.403164

DMS

35° 24' 11.3904" N

26° 54' 18.3132" E

W3W	nonexistent, cashless, cajoles
UTM	35 S, 491382, 3917758
EGSA87	763677, 3921342

Elevation m	114
Elevation feet	374
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Kasos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Melas [1985], 48    'But the only relevant find was a chip of Melian obsidian, an early sherd apparently hand-made, and a couple of scrappy sherds that may be Minoan or Mycenaean.'
2.    Sherds.   Melas [1985], 48    'But the only relevant find was a chip of Melian obsidian, an early sherd apparently hand-made, and a couple of scrappy sherds that may be Minoan or Mycenaean.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Lazenby [1970], 71    '...Susini, ... reported sherds of various periods, including Middle Minoan and Mycenaean.', '... , in 1967 the cave was almost devoid of surface sherds, ...'
4.    Sherds.   Susini [1964], 206    '... il ritrovamento di qualche coccio di età micenea e di diverse fasi negli strati, assai rimaneggiati, della grotta di Ellinocamara, ...'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 359    ' ... sherds were reported from this cave c. 1.5 km. WSW of Arvanitochori on a high terrace.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 82, '1492. ... LN- EBA'

2. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Susini [1964]: 207, 'Nel riempimento della cavità si rinvengono cocci di diverse epoche, ed anche dicerami - che mediominoiche e micenee.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 359, 'MM? LH? ... ', ' ... the reports of MM and LH require confirmation.'

3. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 82, '1493 - 1494. Base and wall frs. apparently from Minoan rounded and conical cups. ... Probably MM III.'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Susini [1964]: 206, '...di età micenea ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 359, 'MM? LH? ... ', ' ... the reports of MM and LH require confirmation.'

NOTE

1. And see the sketch map of the cave in Susini [1964] 206, Fig. 3.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Melas [1985]: Melas, Emmanuel. The Islands of Karpathos, Saros and Kasos in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg 1985., 'M65. Ellinokamara', pg. 48.

2. Simpson and Lazenby [1970]: Simpson, Richard Hope and J.F. Lazenby. ‘Notes from the Dodecanese II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (65), pp. 47-77, 1970., 'Ellinokamara', pg. 71. 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., 'Ellinokamara', pg. 359. Online here.

4. Susini [1964]: Susini, Giancarlo. ‘Supplemento Epigrafico di Caso, Scarpanto, Saro, Calchi, Alinnia e Tilo’, Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente (41-42) (Nuova Serie 25-26), 203 - 292., '', pg. 206. Online here.