Site details

Karpathos: Tsigounas

PK	C5979
TITLE	Karpathos: Tsigounas
WGS84	35.44532° N, 27.136224° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	35.44532, 27.136224
LON/LAT	27.136224, 35.44532

DMS

35° 26' 43.152" N

27° 8' 10.4064" E

W3W	ogres, divorce, jammer
UTM	35 S, 512363, 3922438
EGSA87	784525, 3926661

Elevation m	102
Elevation feet	334.6
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Karpathos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Melas [1985], 36    'The evidence consists of a small group of Minoan sherds ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 36, '...the possibility of a single Minoan house on this site, which existed, in all probability, during the MM and LM I periods.'

2. Middle Minoan IB: (1900 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 68, '775 - 777. Neck and belly frs. probably from jugs. ... MM IB?'

3. Middle Minoan II: (1850 BC - 1750 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 68, '769 - 770. Rim and belly frs. ... MM II - III?'

4. Middle Minoan III: (1750 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 68, '769 - 770. Rim and belly frs. ... MM II - III?'

5. Late Minoan I: (1675 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 36, '...the possibility of a single Minoan house on this site, which existed, in all probability, during the MM and LM I periods.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Melas [1985]: Melas, Emmanuel. The Islands of Karpathos, Saros and Kasos in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg 1985., 'D33. Tsigounas', pg. 36.