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Kontogenada: Oikopeda

PKC594
TITLEKontogenada: Oikopeda
WGS84 38.250945° N, 20.40281° E
Accuracy 50 m.

LAT/LON 38.250945, 20.40281
LON/LAT 20.40281, 38.250945

DMS 38° 15' 3.402" N,20° 24' 10.116" E

W3Wactivation, outsider, napkin
UTM34 S, 447747, 4233827
EGSA87 185056, 4239493

Elevation m237
Elevation feet 777.6
RegionIonian Islands
SubregionKephalonia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Hab

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 43    '..among which was an LBA tomb.'
2.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 158    '... excavation revealed a large quantity of pottery and other goods, including jewellery and bronze knives.'
3.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 191    'A large quantity of pottery and other goods, including jewellery and bronze knives, was found here ... '
4.    Wall.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 191    ' ..., but a curving wall, which included worked stones, might have been a rebuilding of a prehistoric wall, ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 158, 'Some of the pottery may be assigned to LH II on the basis of shape ...'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 43, ' ..., datable to LH II-IIIA1 ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 191, 'Some of the pottery may be assigned to LH II on the grounds of shape, ... '

2. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 43, 'They include the earliest LBA pottery from Kefalonia, ... '

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 158, 'Good LH III shapes and local types were also represented.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 191, ' ...; good LH III shapes and local types were represented.'

4. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 43, ' ..., datable to LH II-IIIA1 ... '

5. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 43, 'The rest of the pottery dates from LH IIIA2 - IIIB.'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 43, 'The rest of the pottery dates from LH IIIA2 - IIIB.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 191, 'LH II-III(B?) ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 22 Kontogenada: Oikopeda', pg. 158. Online here.

2.  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 33 Kephallenia: Oikopeda', pg. 191. Online here.

3.  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. , 'Oikopeda (29)', pg. 43. '.. about 1km east-north-east of the village of Kontogenada between the ridges of Kedros and Sgourou Voulgarina.'
Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C594 is at 38.263° N, 20.4242° E, a straight-line distance of 1 km and 830 m.