Site details

Kossinthos

PK	C7348
TITLE	Kossinthos
WGS84	41.147793° N, 24.889878° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	41.147793, 24.889878
LON/LAT	24.889878, 41.147793

DMS

41° 8' 52.0548" N

24° 53' 23.5608" E

W3W	armful, called, shrimps
UTM	35 T, 322927.06, 4557309.75
EGSA87	574525, 4555260

Elevation m	100
Elevation feet	328.1
Region	Macedonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'In 2003 an excavation took place in the area and the excavators revealed 7 tombs of the EIA.'
2.    Pottery.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'In 1998 the Greek Archaeological Service found at the edge of the Kossinthos river 2 burial pythoi, that were dated in the beginning of the 8th c. BC. In this area they found pottery sherds from the EBA.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'In this area they found pottery sherds from the EBA.''

2. Early Iron Age: (1200 BC - 960 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From EIA to MG'

3. Early Geometric: (900 BC - 850 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From EIA to MG'

4. Middle Geometric: (850 BC - 760 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From EIA to MG'

NOTES

1. The relevant Aristeia Project page for Kossinthos is here

2. Position from Aristeia Project. See this.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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), 'Kossinthos', Online here.