Site details

Likhas Kastri/Dion?

PK	C1250
TITLE	Likhas Kastri∕Dion?
WGS84	38.855831° N, 22.846081° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.855831, 22.846081
LON/LAT	22.846081, 38.855831

DMS

38° 51' 20.9916" N

22° 50' 45.8916" E

W3W	scrubbing, vegetables, philosopher
UTM	34 S, 660185.25, 4302397.48
EGSA87	399727, 4301124

Elevation m	65
Elevation feet	213.3
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Hankey [1952], 60    In note 14: 'L.H. sherds and other objects have also been found at the following places in Euboea, ..., Likhas Kastri, ... '
2.    Hab.   Phialon [2011], 127    ' ..., les vestiges d'un habitat HM ont été découverts sur la colline de Lichas-Kastri, ... '
3.    Settlement.   Simpson [2018], 246    'The size of the site and its position suggest an important settlement which may have been the Homeric Dion, ... '
4.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 127    'The size and position are said to suggest an important settlement, ...'
5.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 83    'The size of the site and its position are said to suggest an important settlement, perhaps to be equated with ancient Dion...'
6.    Settlement.   Sackett et al. [1966], 37    'Its size and position indicate an important settlement ...'
7.    Sherds.   Simpson [2018], 246    ' ... sherds from EH to Geometric are fairly widely scattered; ... '
8.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 127    'Späthelladische Scherben und andere Funde sind sonst auf Euböa aus ... Likhas Kastri, ...'
9.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 127    'EH to G (sherds, rhc) widely scattered on higher slopes.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 83,  Size: 900 sq. m.  But Sackett says 30 x 20. Even so, a small site.

- Sackett et al. [1966]  p. 37,  Size: 600 sq. m.  '...and about 30 m. by 20 m. in area at the top.'

- Simpson [2018]  p. 246,  Size: 600 sq. m.  'The flat top of the hill is only c. 30 m by c. 20 m, but the slopes are extensive.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 37, '..fairly continuously inhabited from E.H. onwards.'

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 83, 'EH I-III MH LH PG G C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 226, 'EH I-III MH LH (Sub)PG G C'

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 83, 'EH I-III MH LH PG G C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 226, 'EH I-III MH LH (Sub)PG G C'
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 245, ' ... EH I-III ... '

4. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 83, 'EH I-III MH LH PG G C'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 226, 'EH I-III MH LH (Sub)PG G C'
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 245, ' ... EH I-III ... '

5. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 83, 'EH I-III MH LH PG G C'
    b.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 37, '..fairly continuously inhabited from E.H. onwards.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 226, 'EH I-III MH LH (Sub)PG G C'
    d.    Phialon [2011]: 127, 'HM', Artifacts, Constructions
    e.    Simpson [2018]: 246, ' ... sherds from EH to Geometric are fairly widely scattered; ... '

6. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 83, 'EH I-III MH LH PG G C'
    b.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 37, '..fairly continuously inhabited from E.H. onwards.'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 127, 'Späthelladische Scherben...'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 226, 'EH I-III MH LH (Sub)PG G C'
    e.    Hankey [1952]: 60, 'L.H. sherds and other objects ... '
    f.    Phialon [2011]: 127, 'HR', Artifacts
    g.    Simpson [2018]: 246, ' ... sherds from EH to Geometric are fairly widely scattered; ... '

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 37,

8. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 226, 'EH I-III MH LH (Sub)PG G C'
    b.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 37,
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 245, ' ... PG G ... '

9. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 37, '.. higher up are E.H. to Geometric sherds fairly widely scattered.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 226, 'EH I-III MH LH (Sub)PG G C'
    c.    Simpson [2018]: 246, ' ... sherds from EH to Geometric are fairly widely scattered; ... '

10. Classical: (480 BC - 323 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 226, 'EH I-III MH LH (Sub)PG G C'

NOTE

1. This hill appears to meet all the requirements in Sackett et al [1966] as well as in Simpson [2018]. I do not, however, see photographic evidence of the cistern.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Euböa', pg. 126.

2. Hankey [1952]: Hankey, V.. ‘Late Helladic Tombs at Khalkis’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, (47), pp. 49-95. 1952., '', pg. 60. Online here.

3. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.3.1.11. La côte nord de l'Eubée', pg. 127.

4. 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], '2. Likhas: Kastri', pg. 37. Online here.

5. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, '1. Lichas: Kastri (Ancient Dion?)', pg. 245. Online here.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 78 Likhas: Kastri', pg. 83. 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., 'G 84 Likhas: Kastri', pg. 266. Online here.