Site details

Limni: Kastri

PK	C1244
TITLE	Limni: Kastri
WGS84	38.773665° N, 23.314824° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	38.773665, 23.314824
LON/LAT	23.314824, 38.773665

DMS

38° 46' 25.194" N

23° 18' 53.3664" E

W3W	blanked, area, monday
UTM	34 S, 701094, 4294205
EGSA87	440331, 4291596

Elevation m	159
Elevation feet	521.7
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 270    'The prehistoric centre was on the N hill, ... '
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 270    'EH II and MH Grey and Yellow Minyan ware were noted ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 84    'Most of the sherds were found on the south slope.'
4.    Sherds.   Sackett et al. [1966], 49    'The Kastri above Ayios Andreas and to right of the path to Panayia has the remains of walls, large tiles, and, particularly on the north slope, Neolithic to L.H. III, Geometric, Classical, Roman, and Medieval sherds.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 270, 'EH II and MH Grey ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 270, ' ... MH Grey and Yellow Minyan ware were noted ... '

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 49, '..., Neolithic to L.H. III, Geometric, ...'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 84, '... They include some Mycenaean which appear from the description to be of the LH IIIA or LH IIIB periods.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 270, ' ... and a few LH and G.', ' ... LH III(A-B) ... '

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 84, '... They include some Mycenaean which appear from the description to be of the LH IIIA or LH IIIB periods.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 270, ' ... and a few LH and G.', ' ... LH III(A-B) ... '

6. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 49, '..., Neolithic to L.H. III, Geometric, ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 270, ' ... and a few LH and G.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Sackett et al. [1966]: Sackett, L.H., and V. Hankey, R.J. Howell, T.W. Jacobsen, M.R. Popham. ‘Prehistoric Euboea: Contributions toward a Survey’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, pp. 33-112, [1966], '21. Limni: Kastria', pg. 49. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 84 Limni: Kastria', pg. 84. Online here.

3. 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., 'G 97 Limni: Kastria', pg. 270. Online here.