Site details

Sami-Roupaki: Wall

PK	C608
TITLE	Sami–Roupaki: Wall
WGS84	38.237997° N, 20.63818° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	38.237997, 20.63818
LON/LAT	20.63818, 38.237997

DMS

38° 14' 16.7892" N

20° 38' 17.448" E

W3W	bicycled, admits, trio
UTM	34 S, 468336.06, 4232283.7
EGSA87	205607, 4237280

Elevation m	26
Elevation feet	85.3
Region	Ionian Islands
Subregion	Kephalonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Wall

TYPE

1.    Wall.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 45    '... and which he thought may have been a tumulus.'
2.    Wall.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 190    ' ... some wall-foundations were revealed which were said to resemble MH and an oblong structure resembling a MH tomb ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 190, ' ... some wall-foundations were revealed which were said to resemble MH, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 190, ' ... and an oblong structure resembling a MH tomb ... '

NOTE

1. '... about 300m west of the spring, on the other side of the road, Marinatos excavated a curved wall which cut across the torrent bed and which he thought may have been a tumulus.'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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 30 Kephallenia: Sami: Roupaki', pg. 190. Online here.

2. 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. , 'Sami-Roupaki (44)', pg. 45. Online here.