Site details

Sesklo: Kastraki

PK	C1273
TITLE	Sesklo: Kastraki
WGS84	39.355644° N, 22.841866° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.355644, 22.841866
LON/LAT	22.841866, 39.355644

DMS

39° 21' 20.3184" N

22° 50' 30.7176" E

W3W	overpay, dwell, showdown
UTM	34 S, 658694, 4357862
EGSA87	400068, 4356597

Elevation m	156
Elevation feet	511.8
Region	Pelasgiotis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Wace and Thompson [1912], 68    'Figurines of Terra-cotta and Stone.'
2.    Cem.   PAE[1911], 294
3.    Cem.   Tsountas [1908], 75
4.    Cem.   Wace and Thompson [1912], 66    'During the excavation no less than one hundred and sixty tombs were found, 138 amongst the remains of the settlements, four at the foot of the mound, six by the Neolithic hut foundations, and twelve near the huts of the Third Period.'
5.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 275    'This may be one of the oldest settled sites in Greece, ... '
6.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 144    'In der nahegelegenen Kastraki-Magula grub Tsountas 1901-02 prähistorische Siedlungsreste aus.'
7.    Settlement.   Wace and Thompson [1912], 58    See map of this settlement on p. 63. 'The mound, which is of the high type, stands on a natural rise projecting like a cape between the two torrents, and is about 100 metres long and 45 broad.'
8.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 163    'But some Mycenaean sherds were found at the foot of the mound on a lower southwest terrace and also on the east slope...'
9.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 248    'Une tholos mycénienne a été explorée par Tsountas, en même temps que deux groupes de tholoi d'époque géométrique, à une certaine distance de l'habitat néolithique.'
10.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 144    ' ..., mehrere Tholosgräber waren aber hier angelegt.'

SITE SIZE

- Wace and Thompson [1912]  p. 58,  Size: 4500 sq. m.  ' ..., and is about 100 metres long and 45 broad.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 275,  Size: 4500 sq. m.  ' ..., now c. 100 m. NE-SW by 45 m. but considerably eroded.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age I: (3300 BC - 3000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 163, 'N EB I-III MH LH III(A2-B) PG G?'

2. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Wace and Thompson [1912]: 61, Description of pottery: 'Fourth Period (Bronze Age)'

3. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 144, 'Besiedlung in N, FH und MH Zeit wurde festgestellt.'

4. Early Bronze Age II: (3000 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 163, 'N EB I-III MH LH III(A2-B) PG G?'

5. Early Bronze Age III: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 163, 'N EB I-III MH LH III(A2-B) PG G?'

6. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 163, 'N EB I-III MH LH III(A2-B) PG G?'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 144, 'Besiedlung in N, FH und MH Zeit wurde festgestellt.'
    c.    Wace and Thompson [1912]: 66, 'Tomb 13. This contained a small Minyan jar, ...', 'Tomb 36. ..., a Minyan cup with handles rising high above the brim.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 275, 'N EB I-III MH LH III(A2-B) ... ', ' ... later MH graves .... '

7. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 248, 'Wace et Thompson mentionnent des vases MR (=HR) III.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 144, 'Eines von diesen enthielt unpublizierte SH III-Vasen, ... '

8. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Tsountas [1908]: 75,

9. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 163, 'N EB I-III MH LH III(A2-B) PG G?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 275, 'N EB I-III MH LH III(A2-B) ... ', ' ...; a small LH III tomb of tholos type was excavated in the neighbourhood, ... '

10. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 163, 'N EB I-III MH LH III(A2-B) PG G?'
    b.    Tsountas [1908]: 75,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 275, 'N EB I-III MH LH III(A2-B) ... ', ' ..., possibly the source of a LH IIIB pyxis ... '

11. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    PAE[1911]: 294,
    b.    Tsountas [1908]: 75,
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 144, ' ..., in den übrigen sollen protogeometrische Vasen, ... '
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 275, ' ... PG ... '

12. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Tsountas [1908]: 75,
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 275, ... G?'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1911]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1911., '', pg. 294.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Sesklo', pg. 144.

3. Pelon [1976]: Pelon, Olivier. Tholoi, tumuli et cercles funéraires; Recherches sur les monuments funéraires de plan circulaire dan l'Égée de l’Âge du Bronze (IIIe at IIe millénaires av. J.-C). Bibliothèques de l'École française d'Athènes et de Rome - Série Athènes, 229. 1976., '40. Sesklo', pg. 248. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 4 Sesklo: Kastraki', pg. 163. 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., 'H 4 Sesklo: Kastraki', pg. 275. Online here.

6. Tsountas [1908]: Tsountas, C., . Hai Proistorikai Akropoleis Dimeniou kai Sesklou. Athens 1908., '', pg. 75.

7. Wace and Thompson [1912]: Wace, Alan John Bayard and Maurice Scott Thompson. Prehistoric Thessaly; Being Some Account of Recent Excavations and Explorations in North-Eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the Borders of Macedonia. . Cambridge at the University Press, 1912., 'A. Sesklo', pg. 58. Online here.