Site details

Athienou - Pamboulari tis Koukounninas

PK	C6222
TITLE	Athienou – Pamboulari tis Koukounninas
WGS84	35.067928° N, 33.541447° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	35.067928, 33.541447
LON/LAT	33.541447, 35.067928

DMS

35° 4' 4.5408" N

33° 32' 29.2092" E

W3W	lily, lazing, mural
UTM	36 S, 549367, 3880710
EGSA87	1371175, 3922197

Elevation m	135
Elevation feet	442.9
Region	Cyprus

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Dothan and Ben-Tor [1972], 208    'The site should be understood as a station along the trade route leading from the mining area to the large market outlets along the eastern coast of Cyprus.'
2.    Settlement.   Counts [2012], 51
3.    Sherds.   van Wijngaarden [2002], 162    'A total of twenty-five Aegean-type vessels have been reported from Athienou-Bamboulari tis Koukouninas, which are listed in Catalogue VI.'

SITE SIZE

- Dothan and Ben-Tor [1972]  p. 202,  Size: 2500 sq. m.  'The site is on a natural hillock rising only two m above its surroundings and covers an area of ca. 2500 m² ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Counts [2012]: 51, ' ...: Stratum IV, dated to the early 16th century BC, ... ', Stratum III, ..., is dated to the 16th to 13th centuries BC ...

2. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Dothan and Ben-Tor [1972]: 206, 'Also found were two large stirrup-jars of the Late Minoan III type ... '
    b.    Counts [2012]: 51, ' ..., a large amount of copper slag, imported (Mycenaean IIIB and Late Minoan III) and locally made ... pottery, ... '

3. Late Minoan IIIA: (1420 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 376, From Catalog VI.

4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 376, From Catalog VI.

5. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 376, From Catalog VI.

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Dothan and Ben-Tor [1972]: 206, 'The dating of phase III is based chiefly on the Mycenaean ware, both the miniature and the regular-sized vessels found in the pits. All these belong to Mycenaean IIIB ... '
    b.    van Wijngaarden [2002]: 376, From Catalog VI.
    c.    Counts [2012]: 51, ' ..., a large amount of copper slag, imported (Mycenaean IIIB and Late Minoan III) and locally made ... pottery, ... '

7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Dothan and Ben-Tor [1972]: 207, 'Phase II is distinguished mainly by Mycenaean IIIC, of which a varied group of bowls with characteristic decoration was discovered.'
    b.    Dothan and Ben-Tor [1972]: 203, 'The channels connected with the northern platform contained a considerable quantity of Mycenaean III pottery characteristic of phase II, ... '
    c.    Counts [2012]: 51, ' ..., and featured both imported (Mycenaean IIIC) and local pottery; ... '

NOTES

1. For a plan of the site see Dothan and Ben-Tor [1972] 204, Fig. 2. A photograph of the site is id., Plate 47, A. The Google Earth plate which best shows this site is dated May 18, 2009.

2. https://www.academia.edu/465055/_A_History_of_Archaeological_Activity_in_the_Athienou_Region._ p. 51 Google Earth, May 18, 2009 has most dramatic picture.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Counts [2012]: Counts, Derek B.. ‘History of Archaeological Activity in the Athienou Region’, Toumazou et al., ed. [2012], pp. 45-54., '', pg. 51. Online here.

2. Dothan and Ben-Tor [1972]: Dothan, Trude and A. Ben-Tor. ‘Excavations at Athienou, Cyprus, 1971-2 (Preliminary Report)’, Israel Exploration Journal (22:4) 201-208. 1972, 'Excavations at Athienou, Cyprus, 1971-2', pg. 201. Online here.

3. van Wijngaarden [2002]: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy (ca. 1600 - 1200 BC). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and Amsterdam University Press. 2002., 'The Mycenaean Pottery', pg. 162. Online here.