Site details

Kerinthos: Kastri/Kria Vrisi/Peleki

PK	C1252
TITLE	Kerinthos: Kastri∕Kria Vrisi∕Peleki
WGS84	38.834675° N, 23.471802° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.834675, 23.471802
LON/LAT	23.471802, 38.834675

DMS

38° 50' 4.83" N

23° 28' 18.4872" E

W3W	atoned, alcoves, songwriter
UTM	34 S, 714549, 4301334
EGSA87	454007, 4298276

Elevation m	13
Elevation feet	42.7
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Simpson [1981], 83    '...halfway down the western slope, near some rough masonry resembling Cyclopean, were a few Mycenaean sherds, and higher up a hand-axe (Neolithic) and some Early and Middle Helladic scraps and obsidian were found.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 83    ' ... and higher up a hand-axe (Neolithic) and some Early and Middle Helladic scraps and obsidian were found.'
3.    Sherds.   Sackett et al. [1966], 43
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 269    ' ..., were LH III sherds, ... '
5.    Wall.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 269    ' ..., near some rough masonry resembling Cyclopean, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 83, 'some Early and Middle Helladic scraps'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 83, 'some Early and Middle Helladic scraps'
    b.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 43, '...there are a few possible M.H. sherds in the collection of the British School at Athens, ...'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 83, '...were a few Mycenaean sherds...'

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 43, '...both Hope Simpson and Verdelis reported L.H. III sherds from below a wall on the north slope.'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 269, ' ..., were LH III sherds, ... ', ' ... LH III(A-B) ... '

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 269, ' ..., were LH III sherds, ... ', ' ... LH III(A-B) ... '

7. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 43, '...the site has a great deal of Protogeometric, Geometric, Archaic, ...'

8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 43, '...the site has a great deal of Protogeometric, Geometric, Archaic, ...'

9. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 43, '...the site has a great deal of Protogeometric, Geometric, Archaic, ...'

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], '13. Kerinthos: Kria Vrisi', pg. 43. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 82 Kerinthos: Kria Vrisi', pg. 83. 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 92 Kerinthos: Kria Vrisi', pg. 269. Online here.