Site details

Iannakas: Cem and LH Sherds

PK	C7187
TITLE	Iannakas: Cem and LH Sherds
WGS84	37.273281° N, 22.246711° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	37.273281, 22.246711
LON/LAT	22.246711, 37.273281

DMS

37° 16' 23.8116" N

22° 14' 48.1596" E

W3W	frustrates, artists, mantras
UTM	34 S, 610531.54, 4125917.37
EGSA87	344403, 4126342

Elevation m	414
Elevation feet	1358.3
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Howell [1970], 101    ' ... he (i.e. Hope Simpson, rhc) found the remains of some pithos burials which had been revealed by erosion, in the loose soil of stream beds, at a place called Iannakas.'
2.    Cem.   Parker [2008], 161    'Most of these seem to have been pithos burials ... and Kyparissa Yiannolakka (52)) ... '
3.    Pottery.   Howell [1970], 101    'There were also some fragments of poor-quality Mycenaean kylikes and deep bowls ... '
4.    Sherds.   Laconia II, 125    'Ten minutes walk to the west of Kanalaki (keeping to the lower slope of Chelmos) at a place named Iannakas some dry stream beds run through an area of slaty stone. Remains of pithos-burials have been revealed here by erosion in the loose soil of the stream banks, together with some fragments of poor quality L.H. Kylikes and Deep Bowls.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 109    ' ..., and at Iannakas nearby, some Mycenaean sherds ... were found.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 101, 'He (i.e. Hope Simpson, RHC) thought they might be Middle Helladic if not Mycenaean.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 125, ' ... fragments of poor quality L.H. Kylikes and Deep Bowls.'
    b.    Howell [1970]: 101, ' ... they might be Middle Helladic if not Mycenaean.', ' ... poor-quality Mycenaean kylikes ... '
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 109, ' ..., some Mycenaean sherds ... '
    d.    Parker [2008]: 312, 'LH; ?activity'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 101, ' ... and deep bowls of L.H. III date.'

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Parker [2008]: 312, 'Geometric; burial'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Howell [1970]: Howell, R.. ‘A Survey of Eastern Arcadia in Prehistory’, The Annual of the British School at Athens. 65. November, 1970. 79-127., '53. Skortsinos-Khelmos (anc. Belmina)', pg. 101. Online here.

2. Parker [2008]: Parker, Catherine Ruth. Arkadia in Transition: Exploring Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Human Landscapes. Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the University of Birmingham. Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, School of Historical Studies. The University of Birmingham, January 2008., 'Table A2.3 All Assemblages', pg. 312. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 47 Belmina', pg. 109. Online here.

4. Laconia II: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 56, pp. 114-175, 1961, 'Belmina', pg. 125. Online here.