Site details

Kontokephalo

PK	C6758
TITLE	Kontokephalo
WGS84	35.436891° N, 27.126645° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	35.436891, 27.126645
LON/LAT	27.126645, 35.436891

DMS

35° 26' 12.8076" N

27° 7' 35.922" E

W3W	gosh, botanists, ajar
UTM	35 S, 511494.81, 3921501.73
EGSA87	783685, 3925698

Elevation m	52
Elevation feet	170.6
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Karpathos

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    Building.   AR[1997], 108    'Part of a rural building ... '
2.    Building.   AR[1998], 106    'Excavation of the LMI rural building at Kontokephalo ... continued, ... '
3.    Building.   AR[1999], 122    ' ... Minoan rural building ... '
4.    Building.   Simpson [2003], 211    'Here the excavation of a LM IA rural building has recently been completed ... '
5.    Hab.   Melas [1985], 36    ' ... there is a thick spread of apparently MM sherds associated with the foundations of at least one house.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Minoan: (2100 BC - 1675 BC)
    a.    Melas [1985]: 36, ' ... apparently MM sherds ... '

2. Late Minoan IA: (1675 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    AR[1997]: 108, 'Part of a rural building with close links with LMIA Crete was excavated. (ADelt 646)'
    b.    AR[1998]: , ' ... two structural phases within LM 1A.'
    c.    AR[1999]: 122, ' ...: three levels belonging to the successive destruction phases (in LM IA); ... '
    d.    Simpson [2003]: 211, ' ... excavation of a LM IA rural building ... '

NOTE

1. I am not satisfied with the placement of this site. Melas [1985] 36 says 'Some eight hundred meters east of the Baela site ... ' This brings it back towards Psorari (C5947). It is conceivable that Melas intended to say 'west' of the Baela (C5948) site.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1997]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (44) 1997., 'Karpathos. Kontokephalo.', pg. 108. Online here.

2. AR[1998]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (45) 1998., 'Karpathos. Aphiartes.', pg. 106. Online here.

3. AR[1999]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (46) 1999., 'Karpathos, Aphiartes.', pg. 122. Online here.

4. Melas [1985]: Melas, Emmanuel. The Islands of Karpathos, Saros and Kasos in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg 1985., 'D 30. Baela', pg. 35.

5. Simpson [2003]: Simpson, Richard Hope. ‘The Dodecanese and the Ahhiyawa Question’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (98), 203-237. 2003., 'Karpathos, Kasos and Saros', pg. 211. Online here.