Site details

Kato Kouphonissi

PK	C6924
TITLE	Kato Kouphonissi
WGS84	36.911532° N, 25.577901° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	36.911532, 25.577901
LON/LAT	25.577901, 36.911532

DMS

36° 54' 41.5152" N

25° 34' 40.4436" E

W3W	arranger, stutters, snood
UTM	35 S, 373317.12, 4086002.72
EGSA87	640415, 4085933

Elevation m	50
Elevation feet	164
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Kouphonissi

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Schallin [1993], 14    'A small island to the south of Naxos, where remains of a settlement have been excavated.'
2.    Settlement.   Hadjianastasiou [1989], 206    'Part of a LC settlement has been excavated ... on the little island of Kato Kouphonisi, ... ', ' ... some building remains were preserved.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Cycladic: (1700 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Hadjianastasiou [1989]: 206, 'Part of a LC settlement ... '

2. Late Cycladic I: (1700 BC - 1625 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 14, 'The LBA sherds date to the early part of the period.' In Schallin the term 'early LBA' encompasses LC I and LC II, pg. 8, Table 1.

3. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Hadjianastasiou [1989]: , Fragment of LC vase illustrated in Plate 40 (d) and labelled 'Kato Kouphonissi. LMIB/LHIIA(?) sherds; ... '

4. Late Cycladic II: (1625 BC - 1420 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 12, 'The LBA sherds date to the early part of the period.' In Schallin the term 'early LBA' encompasses LC I and LC II, pg. 8, Table 1.

5. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Hadjianastasiou [1989]: 215, ' ... local vases imitating Minoan prototypes and a few imported LMIB sherds.'

6. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Hadjianastasiou [1989]: 206, ' ... and Geometric sherds have been observed ... '

NOTE

1. The location of this small site on Kouphonissi is unknown to me.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hadjianastasiou [1989]: Hadjianastasiou, Olga. ‘Some Hints of Naxian External Connections in the Earlier Late Bronze Age’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (84) 205-215. 1989, '', pg. 206. Online here.

2. Schallin [1993]: Schallin, Ann-Louise. Islands under Influence: The Cyclades in the Late Bronze Age and the Nature of Mycenaean Presence.. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, no. 111. Jonsered 1993, '12.', pg. 14.