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Syros: KS Cem

PKC6935
TITLESyros: 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

W3Woyster, deviations, pretzel
UTM35 S, 314371.82, 4150989.06
EGSA87 579451, 4149011

Elevation m30
Elevation feet 98.4
RegionCyclades
SubregionSyros





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.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6935 is at 37.48642° N, 24.89923° E, a straight-line distance of 131.7 m.