Syros: KS Cem
| PK | C6935 |
| TITLE | Syros: KS Cem |
| WGS84 | 37.487176° N, 24.90038° E |
| Accuracy | Unknown |
| LAT/LON | 37.487176, 24.90038 |
| LON/LAT | 24.90038, 37.487176 |
| DMS | 37° 29' 13.8336" N | , | 24° 54' 1.368" E |
| W3W | oyster, deviations, pretzel |
| UTM | 35 S, 314371.82, 4150989.06 |
| EGSA87 | 579451, 4149011 |
| Elevation m | 30 |
| Elevation feet | 98.4 |
| Region | Cyclades |
| Subregion | Syros |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery
TYPE
1. Cem. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 311 'A relatively large cemetery of KS graves was found here ... '2. Cem. Aron [2016], 'Graves' == 'Τάφοι'
3. Lithics. Aron [2016], 'Obsidian flakes or tools' == 'Σύντριμμα ἢ ἐργαλεῖο ἀπὸ ὀψιδιανὸ'
4. Pottery. Schallin [1993], 22 'A stirrup jar in the National Museum at Athens came from Syros.'
5. Pottery. Scholes [1956], 13 'Ayios Loukas. In an isolated tomb in this north-western area of the island, Tsountas found a Minyan vase in a cist-tomb which seemed to represent a secondary interment.'
6. Pottery. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 311 ' ... it contained a MH kantharos and a Phyl I-type pyxis.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Cycladic II: (2700 BC - 2450 BC)
a. Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, 'ΠΚ (ΙΙ). ... '
2. Keros-Syros: (2600 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 311, ' ... cemetery of KS graves ... '
b. Aron [2016]: , 'Πολιτισμὸς τῆς Κέρος - Σύρος' == 'Keros-Syros period culture'
3. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 311, 'KS MB'
4. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, ' ... ΜΚ.'
5. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Scholes [1956]: 13, ' ... a Minyan vase ... '
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 311, ' ...; one grave was clearly later, since it contained a MH kantharos ... '
6. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Schallin [1993]: 22, Implied.
NOTES
1. In Scholes [1956] 13, n. 2: 'AE 1899, pl. 9, 27 (a small Grey kantharos).'
2. Location is based on Scholes [1956] 13. The marker is placed on the ridge of Aghios Loukas which ends at the Cape of Ai Loukas. And cf. Aron [2016] Fig. A.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Aron [2016]: Aron, Francois and Constantine Hatziadoniu (tr.). ‘The First Inhabitants of Syros’, www.apanomeria.org, 'Fig. A', 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, 'Syros', pg. 22.
3. Scholes [1956]: Scholes, Kathryn. ‘The Cyclades in the Later Bronze Age: A Synopsis’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 51 (1956), pp. 9-40, 'Syros', pg. 13.
Online here.
4. 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., 'Ayios Loukas', pg. 311.
Online here.
5. Soterakopoulos [2004]: Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '50. Άγιος Λουκάς.', pg. 75.
Online here.