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Kato Fana

PKC7304
TITLEKato Fana
WGS84 38.207259° N, 25.931387° E
Accuracy 100 m.

LAT/LON 38.207259, 25.931387
LON/LAT 25.931387, 38.207259

DMS 38° 12' 26.1324" N,25° 55' 52.9932" E

W3Wreckless, tussled, screeches
UTM35 S, 406442.01, 4229350.91
EGSA87 668952, 4230287

Elevation m8
Elevation feet 26.2
RegionNE Aegean
SubregionChios





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Sherds

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Hood [1981], 6    ' ... and marble dagger pommel ... '
2.    Artifacts.   Lamb [1934], 153    'A marble boss, with flat back, looks like the eye of an Ionic capital made as a separate piece.'
3.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 370    ' ... a fragment of a dagger pommel ... '
4.    hab.   AD[1915], 79    
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 206    'But fragments of a kylix and a "skyphos" (deep bowl?) and a dagger-pommel of Mycenaean date were reported ...'
6.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 370    'Fragments of a kylix and "skyphos" ... and a dagger pommel of Mycenaean date from this site...'
7.    Sherds.   Hood [1981], 6    'Scraps of what may have been Bronze Age pottery noted in 1954 on the slopes NE of the temple site.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Hood [1981]: 6, 'Scraps of what may have been Bronze Age pottery ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Hood [1981]: 6, 'One of the fragments of pottery illustrated by Kourounotis as Archaic Greek looks as if it could be Mycenaean ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, ' ... a dagger pommel of Mycenaean date ... '

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 206, 'LH III(A-B) PG (or Sub PG) G A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, 'LH III(A-B) ...'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 206, 'LH III(A-B) PG (or Sub PG) G A C H'
    b.    AD[1915]: 79,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, 'LH III(A-B) ...'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AD[1915]: 79,
    b.    Hood [1981]: 6, 'Rim of Mycenaean krater (PLATE 3 (g)).'

6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AD[1915]: 79,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, '(Sub)PG ...', 'Pottery of PG appearance, but perhaps SubPG, ...'

7. Sub-Protogeometric: (925 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, ' ..., but perhaps SubPG, ... '

8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AD[1915]: 79,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, '...G...', 'Pottery ... LG has been found on the site'

9. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, ' ..., and LG has been found on this site, a sanctuary.'

10. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 370, '...A...'

NOTE

1.  For a ground plan of the site see W. Lamb [1934], Plate 27 which is online here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  AD[1915]:  Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece., '', pg. 79.

2.  Hood [1981]:  Hood, Sinclair. Prehistoric Emporio and Ayio Gala: Excavations in Chios 1938-1955, Volume 1. British School at Athens, Thames and Hudson Manuals (Book 15). 1982., '7. Kato Fana', pg. 6. Online here.

3.  Lamb [1934]:  Lamb, W.. ‘Excavations at Kato Phana in Chios’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (35) 138-164. 1934-1935, 'Stone', pg. 153. Online here.

4.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Kato Phana (Phanai)', pg. 206. Online here.

5.  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., 'Kato Phana (Phanai)', pg. 370. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C7304 is at 38.20618° N, 25.92744° E, a straight-line distance of 365.6 m.