Site details

Paros: Kamari

PK	C6958
TITLE	Paros: Kamari
WGS84	37.018855° N, 25.151048° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	37.018855, 25.151048
LON/LAT	25.151048, 37.018855

DMS

37° 1' 7.878" N

25° 9' 3.7728" E

W3W	protest, helpfully, subtotal
UTM	35 S, 335520.23, 4098562.2
EGSA87	602244, 4097295

Elevation m	171
Elevation feet	561
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Paros

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Karantzali [1996], 30    ' ..., nous avons des vases divers en terre cuite (Tsountas 1898 p.161, pl.9, 8), une figurine anthropomorphe abstraite (Tsountas 1898, pl. 12, 12), ainsi qu'une coupelle en marbre portant des traces de couleur rouge (Tsountas 1898, p. 161).'
2.    Cem.   Karantzali [1996], 30    ' ... les tombes à ciste .... '
3.    Cem.   Renfrew [2011], 11314    ' ... where Tsountas (1898, 139) noted four cist graves.'
4.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 319    '4 cists of GP date were excavated.'
5.    Pottery.   Karantzali [1996], 30    ' ..., nous avons des vases divers en terre cuite ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Renfrew [2011]: 11314, ' ..., doubtless of EBA date.'

2. Grotta-Pelos: (3000 BC - 2600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 319, '4 cists of GP date were excavated.'

NOTES

1. The position of Kamari is not known with any exactness. The position used here was computed by working from the position of Pyrgos (C6950), which is known. Renfrew [2011] gives the position of Pyrgos as 630, 290. Likewise the position for Kamari (and he expressed some doubt about this) given by Renfrew is 57, 32. Renfrew has used positions based on the 1:50,000, AEGEAN Series maps issued by the Geographical Section, General Staff, no. 4468. These were issued in 1944 and were not available to me. The reference system is, however, easy to understand. The coordinates are meter offsets from some origin in lon/lat form. For example the position of Kamari relative to Pyrgos (as I said, this position is known) is 6000 m. W and 3000 m. N. This should be sufficient to give the position of Kamari to within 200 m. but it could easily be 500.

2. Page numbers in Renfrew [2011] are, in actuality, location numbers in the electronic edition, ISBN 978-1-78570-773-5.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Karantzali [1996]: Karantzali, Efi. Le Bronze Ancien dans les Cyclades et en Crete; Les relations entre les deux regions; Influence de la Grece Continentale. BAR International Series 631, 'Kamari', pg. 30. Online here.

2. Renfrew [2011]: Renfrew, Colin. The Emergence of Civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millenium BC. Oxbow Books. Second ed., 2011 (First edition 1972), '7. Kamari', pg. 11314. Online here.

3. 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., 'Kamari', pg. 319. Online here.