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Palaikastro (Ghissi Kastro)

PKC1167
TITLEPalaikastro (Ghissi Kastro)
WGS84 37.454639° N, 25.388925° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.454639, 25.388925
LON/LAT 25.388925, 37.454639

DMS 37° 27' 16.7004" N,25° 23' 20.13" E

W3Woverhears, lander, hurries
UTM35 S, 357505.93, 4146527.39
EGSA87 622696, 4145927

Elevation m140
Elevation feet 459.3
RegionCyclades
SubregionMykonos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Sherds

TYPE

1.    .   Soterakopoulos [2004],     ' '
2.    Artifacts.   Bakalakis [1964], 558    ' ... on trouve des meules, des pesons, des monnaies de bronze, etc. Sur le site a été recueillie und petite coupelle à peu près intacte ..., fait au tour, dont l'argile contient des parcelles de marbre; ... '
3.    Settlement.   Bakalakis [1964], 556    'C'est a cet endroit qu'il faut situer l'une des deux villes antiques de Mykonos.'
4.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 309    ' ..., with certain evidence of occupation ... '
5.    Sherds.   Schallin [1993], 19    ' ... a small hill from which sherds of various periods have been reported.'
6.    Sherds.   Barber [1981], 18    'Mycenaean sherds have been reported.'
7.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 309    ' ... (Barber reports almost certainly LH types), ... '
8.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 187    '... and Barber reports sherds almost certainly of LH type, among the larger quantities of later material.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Final Neolithic: (3600 - 2800)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 74, 'NN. ... '

2. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 74, ' ... ΠΚ. ... '

3. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 187, EB? MB LB? PG ...

4. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 187, EB? MB LB? PG ...
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 309, ' ... evidence of occupation in MB and ... '

5. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 74, ' ... ΜΚ. ... '

6. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 187, '.. sherds almost certainly of LH type, ...'
    b.    Barber [1981]: 18, 'Mycenaean sherds have been reported.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 309, ' ... Barber reports almost certainly LH types ... '

7. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 187, EB? MB LB? PG ...
    b.    Schallin [1993]: 19, ' ..., LBA sherds included.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 309, ' ... and probably in LB ... '
    d.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 74, ' ... ΥΕΧ;'

NOTE

1.  Location based on statement in Bakalakis [1964] 556, 'c)'. He tells us that the site is just outside the town of Ano Mera and at the Ghizzi (Ghissi) castle. The marker sits on the castle.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Bakalakis [1964]:  Bakalakis, Georgios. ‘Notes cycladiques’, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (88:2) 539-558. 1964., 'c)', pg. 556. Online here.

2.  Barber [1981]:  Barber, R.L.N.. ‘The Late Cycladic Period: A Review’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (76), pp. 1-21, 1981., '23. Palaikastro (Mikonos ... )', pg. 18. Online here.

3.  Schallin [1993]:  Schallin, Ann-Louise. Islands under Influence: The Cyclades in the Late Bronze Age and the Nature of Mycenaean Presence.. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, no. 111. Jonsered 1993, '30. Palaikastro', pg. 19.

4.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Mykonos: Palaikastro', pg. 187. 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., 'Palaikastro', pg. 309. Online here.

6.  Soterakopoulos [2004]:  Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '25. Παλαιόκαστρο.', pg. 74. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1167 is at 37.46177° N, 25.37861° E, a straight-line distance of 1 km and 209 m.