Site details

Kephala

PK	C7103
TITLE	Kephala
WGS84	37.681076° N, 24.328365° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.681076, 24.328365
LON/LAT	24.328365, 37.681076

DMS

37° 40' 51.8736" N

24° 19' 42.114" E

W3W	blending, brokering, coughing
UTM	35 S, 264403.63, 4173789.64
EGSA87	528805, 4170194

Elevation m	20
Elevation feet	65.6
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Kea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Caskey [1962], 265    'Twelve graves were examined in the cemetery below the houses.'
2.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 304    ' ... and cemetery ... ', ' ... and the stone-built, slab-covered graves ... '
3.    Cem.   Renfrew [2011], 11162    'Important settlement and cemetery of the Attic-Kephala culture ... '
4.    Settlement.   Caskey [1962], 264    'Apparently the houses of the settlement were all situated on the steep slopes of the promontory itself, especially on the inner side where they had a little protection from the north wind.'
5.    Settlement.   Caskey [1962], 266    'It was a modest settlement at Kephala, maintained presumably by fishermen and traders.'
6.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 304    'A small settlement ... '
7.    Settlement.   Renfrew [2011], 11162    'Important settlement and cemetery of the Attic-Kephala culture ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Neolithic: (6500 BC - 3200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 304, ' ... closely related to the Final N of Attica and central Greece and also having connections with Thessaly.'

2. Early Cycladic I: (3200 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Caskey [1962]: 265, 'The sherds have not yet been studied in detail but can be assigned tentatively to the Early Cycladic Period and quite possibly to a very early stage.'

3. Grotta-Pelos: (3000 BC - 2600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 304, ' ... suggest an overlap between this phase and GP.'

NOTES

1. For more see J.E. Coleman, Keos; results of excavations conducted by the University of Cincinnati under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. I. Kephala: a late neolithic settlement and cemetery. [1977]. ISBN: 978-0876617014. A brief description is here.

A review by W.W. Phelps is in the Journal of Hellenic Studies (99) 205-206 [1979] here.

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. Caskey [1962]: Caskey, John L.. ‘Excavations in Keos, 1960-1961’, Hesperia, vol. 31(3), pp. 263-283. 1962., 'Kephala', pg. 264. 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), 'Kea; 1. Kephala', pg. 11162. 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., 'Kephala', pg. 304. Online here.