Site details

Siphnos: Kastro

PK	C1178
TITLE	Siphnos: Kastro
WGS84	36.974655° N, 24.745541° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	36.974655, 24.745541
LON/LAT	24.745541, 36.974655

DMS

36° 58' 28.758" N

24° 44' 43.9476" E

W3W	bulging, danced, stomach
UTM	35 S, 299326, 4094436
EGSA87	566209, 4092032

Elevation m	84
Elevation feet	275.6
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Siphnos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Acropolis.   Simpson [1981], 189    'Excavations at this small natural acropolis ... '
2.    Acropolis.   Brock and Young [1949], 2    'The ancient acropolis is situated on the north-western half of the summit of the Kastro hill.'
3.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 312    ' ... sparse prehistoric material has been found.'
4.    hab.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1321
5.    Pottery.   Scholes [1956], 12    ' ..., and small quantities of E.C. and M.C. pottery were found, ... '
6.    Sherds.   Schallin [1993], 22    ' ... where one Mycenaean sherd is said to have been found.'
7.    Sherds.   Scholes [1956], 12    'In the region of the Kastro, but not on it, was found a Mycenaean sherd, which may indicate a small settlement at least during that period.'
8.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 189    'But a LH III surface sherd was found, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    Scholes [1956]: 12, ' ..., and small quantities of E.C. and M.C. pottery were found, ... '

2. Grotta-Pelos: (3000 BC - 2600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 312, 'GP? Phyl I MB LH III(A) PG G A ... '

3. Phylakopi I: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, '«Φυλακωπή I». ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 312, 'GP? Phyl I MB LH III(A) PG G A ... '

4. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 312, 'GP? Phyl I MB LH III(A) PG G A ... '

5. Middle Cycladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Scholes [1956]: 12, ' ..., and small quantities of E.C. and M.C. pottery were found, ... '
    b.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, ' ... MK. ... '

6. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 22, ' ... one Mycenaean sherd ... '
    b.    Scholes [1956]: 12, ' ..., a Mycenaean sherd, ... '

7. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Soterakopoulos [2004]: 75, ' ... YEX (IIIA).'

8. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 189, '...LHIII(A)...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 312, 'GP? Phyl I MB LH III(A) PG G A ... '

9. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1321,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 312, 'GP? Phyl I MB LH III(A) PG G A ... '

10. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 312, 'GP? Phyl I MB LH III(A) PG G A ... '

11. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Brock and Young [1949]: 6, ' ... two or perhaps three houses of the Late Geometric period.'

12. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Brock and Young [1949]: 5, 'The deposit can be dated by its contents to the period 700-550, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 312, 'GP? Phyl I MB LH III(A) PG G A ... '

NOTES

1. For more about the Mycenaean sherd see K. Scholes 'The Cyclades in the Later Bronze Age: A Synopsis', The Annual of the British School at Athens (51) p. 32. 1956) "In a trial trench not far from the Kastro was found a single sherd belonging to a kylix with spiral decoration."

Footnote 14 here directs us to J.K. Brock and G. Mackworth Young, 'Excavations in Siphnos' (The Annual of the British School at Athens(44) p. 33, no. 28. 1949) where it is described as '28. Fragment of a kylix with spiral decoration.'

I do not find an illustration of this sherd. The Scholes is online here. Brock and Young are online here.

2. For more on the sanctuary of Artemis Ekbateria (photos and maps) see this by Dr. Mazarakis-Ainian.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Brock and Young [1949]: Brock, J.K. and G. Mackworth Young. ‘Excavations in Siphnos’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (44) 1-92. 1949, 'I. Architectural Remains and General Account of the Excavations', pg. 2. Online here.

2. 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, '44. Kastro', pg. 22.

3. 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, 'Siphnos', pg. 12. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Siphnos: Kastro', pg. 189. 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., 'Kastro', pg. 312. 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., '48. Κάστρο.', pg. 75. Online here.

7. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1321.