Rizokastelia
| PK | C1174 |
| TITLE | Rizokastelia |
| WGS84 | 37.050637° N, 25.393535° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.050637, 25.393535 |
| LON/LAT | 25.393535, 37.050637 |
| DMS | 37° 3' 2.2932" N | , | 25° 23' 36.726" E |
| W3W | tins, coined, ghosted |
| UTM | 35 S, 357153, 4101697 |
| EGSA87 | 623764, 4101110 |
| Elevation m | 96 |
| Elevation feet | 315 |
| Region | Cyclades |
| Subregion | Naxos |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds
TYPE
1. Building. Barber [1978], 77 'He (Stephanos, rhc) located three rooms and the remains of a stairway near the summit.'2. Fort. Soterakopoulos [2004], 75 'Fortified, rocky citadel, ... ' == 'Φύσει όχυρή, βραχώδης άκρόπολη, ... '
3. Fort. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 328 ' ... (possible traces of fortifications have been thought MB).'
4. Lithics. Renfrew [2011], 11390 'During my visit on 10/8/63 I observed 13 pieces of obsidian ... '
5. Pottery. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 328 ' ... (a LH IIIB/C deep bowl fragment is reporteed by Barber), ... '
6. Pottery. Barber [1978], ' ... (including an LHIIIB/C Deep Bowl fragment) ... '
7. Pottery. Renfrew [2011], 11390 ' ... with middle and late bronze age pottery, ... '
8. Settlement. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 328 ' ..., and the site may have been one of the most important in Naxos at this time (i.e. the Middle Bronze, rhc) ... '
9. Settlement. Barber [1978], 77 'This may have been the main MB centre on the island.'
10. Settlement. Scholes [1956], 12 'This is a rocky natural acropolis about 1 1/4 km. to the south-west of the village of Tripodhes.'
11. Settlement. Schallin [1993], 20 'This hilltop settlement site, ... '
12. Settlement. Fimmen [1921], 14 'Akropolen mit Siedlungsresten Rizokastelia bei Tripodes (Prakt. 1910, 273), ... '
13. Settlement. Renfrew [2011], 11390 'Prehistoric settlement reported by Stephanos ... '
14. Sherds. Simpson [1981], 188 'MB and LB sherds have been observed here by Scholes and also by Renfrew and by Barber ...'
15. Wall. Barber [1978], 77 ' ... a fortification wall.', ' ... traces of walls ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Prehistoric: (4000 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Renfrew [2011]: 11390, 'Prehistoric settlement ... '
2. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
a. Renfrew [2011]: 11390, ' ... Early Cycladic occupation of the site is not certain.'
3. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 328, 'Doumas ... shows this as an EB cemetery site, either a reference to unpublished materiall or a slip.'
4. Early Cycladic II: (2700 BC - 2450 BC)
a. Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, 'ΠΚ (II); MK. YEX (IIIA-B).'
5. Keros-Syros: (2600 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 328, 'KS? ... '
6. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 188, 'MB and LB sherds have been observed here by Scholes and also by Renfrew and by Barber ...'
b. Schallin [1993]: 20, ' ..., has shown plenty of evidence of MBA occupation.'
c. Schallin [1993]: 20, 'Only a few sherds indicate middle or late LBA activity.'
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 328, ' ...; MB occupation is certain, ... '
e. Barber [1978]: 77, 'This may have been the main MB centre on the island.'
7. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Scholes [1956]: 12, 'It was certainly inhabited in Middle Cycladic times, ... '
b. Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, 'ΠΚ (II); MK. YEX (IIIA-B).'
c. Barber [1978]: 77, 'There are clear signs of MC (including imitation Minyan) ... '
8. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 188, 'MB and LB sherds have been observed here by Scholes and also by Renfrew and by Barber ...'
b. Schallin [1993]: 20, 'Only a few sherds indicate middle or late LBA activity.'
c. Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, 'ΠΚ (II); MK. YEX (IIIA-B).'
d. Barber [1978]: 77, ' ... and LB ( ... '
9. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Scholes [1956]: 12, ' ..., and as evidence for the Mycenaean period, I noted part of a L.H. III kylix near the summit.'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 328, 'But LH III is scanty ... '
10. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 188, '... and by Barber, who records a fragment from a LH IIIB/C deep bowl.'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 328, ' ... (a LH IIIB/C deep bowl fragment is reported by Barber), ... '
c. Barber [1978]: 77, ' ... (including an LHIIIB/C Deep Bowl fragment) ... '
11. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 188, '... and by Barber, who records a fragment from a LH IIIB/C deep bowl.'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 328, ' ... (a LH IIIB/C deep bowl fragment is reported by Barber), ... '
c. Barber [1978]: 77, ' ... (including an LHIIIB/C Deep Bowl fragment) ... '
12. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 328, ' ... A'
NOTES
1. Page numbers in Renfrew [2011] are, in actuality, location numbers in the electronic edition, ISBN 978-1-78570-773-5.
2. Simpson and Dickinson [1979] 328, 'Rizokastelia' give this for the location: "A rocky acropolis c. 1 km. SW of Byblos (formerly Tripodes), ... ." Tripodes/Vivlos/Byblos is F1590 in this atlas.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Barber [1978]: Barber, R.L.N.. The Cyclades in the Middle and Late Bronze Age (Vol. 1). A Thesis Submitted for the Degree of PhD at the University of St Andrews, '6. Rizokastelia', pg. 77.
Online here.
2. Fimmen [1921]: Fimmen, Dietrich. Die Kretisch-Mykenische Kultur. Verlag und Druck von B.G. Teubner, Leipzig und Berlin. 1921., 'Naxos.', pg. 14.
Online here.
3. Renfrew [2011]: Renfrew, Colin. The Emergence of Civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millenium BC. Oxbow Books. Second ed., 2011 (First edition 1972), '11. Rizokastelia', pg. 11390.
Online here.
4. 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, '36. Rizokastelia', pg. 20.
5. Scholes [1956]: Scholes, Kathryn. ‘The Cyclades in the Later Bronze Age: A Synopsis’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 51 (1956), pp. 9-40, 'Naxos: Rizokastelia.', pg. 12.
Online here.
6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Naxos: Rizokastelia', pg. 188.
Online here.
7. 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., 'Rizokastelia', pg. 328.
Online here.
8. Soterakopoulos [2004]: Sotirakopoulou, Panayiota (Peggy). ‘«Η 'απουσία' της Μεσοκυκλαδικής περιόδου από τις Κυκλάδες. Νέα στοιχεία από την Αμοργό»’, Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς 2004, 53-80., '42. Ριζοκαστελλιά.', pg. 75.
Online here.