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Kephala: Cem

PKC7309
TITLEKephala: Cem
WGS84 39.185618° N, 23.509421° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 39.185618, 23.509421
LON/LAT 23.509421, 39.185618

DMS 39° 11' 8.2248" N,23° 30' 33.9156" E

W3Wwashable, slamming, boxed
UTM34 S, 716740.4, 4340375.12
EGSA87 457482, 4337203

Elevation m10
Elevation feet 32.8
RegionSporades
SubregionSkiathos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'Type: Necropolis', 'Minimum Total Number of Burials: 4, ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Protogeometric: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From EPG to EA'

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From EPG to EA'

3. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From EPG to EA'

NOTES

1.  The Aristeia Projects's relevant page for Skiathos: Kephala is here.

2.  For a photograph of Kephala promontory and a ground plan of the settlement and the cemetery see Figs. 4 and 5 in Mazarakis-Ainian [2012] p.86.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Lombardo ed. [2012]:  Lombardo, Mario. Alle origini della Magna Grecia : mobilità, migrazioni, fondazioni : atti del cinquantesimo convegno di studi sulla Magna Grecia, Taranto, 1-4 ottobre 2010. Taranto : Istituto per la storia e l'archeologia della Magna Grecia, 2012., '',

2.  Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]:  Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander . Η Κοινωνική Αρχαιολογία του Ελληνικού Κόσμου κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου και την Πρώιμη Αρχαϊκή περίοδο (The Aristeia Project: The Social Archeology of the Greek World during the Early Iron Age and the Early Archaic period), 'Kephala', Online here.

3.  Mazarakis-Ainian [2012]:  Mazarakis Ainian, Alexandros. ‘The Form and Structure of Euboean Society in the Early Iron Age Based on Some Recent Research’, In Lombardo ed. [2012] pp. 73-99, 'At paragraph beginning 'The new evidence deriving from ... '', pg. 85. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C7309 is at 39.18648° N, 23.50906° E, a straight-line distance of 101 m.