Palaikastro (Ghissi Kastro)
| PK | C1167 |
| TITLE | Palaikastro (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 |
| W3W | overhears, lander, hurries |
| UTM | 35 S, 357505.93, 4146527.39 |
| EGSA87 | 622696, 4145927 |
| Elevation m | 140 |
| Elevation feet | 459.3 |
| Region | Cyclades |
| Subregion | Mykonos |
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.