Site details

Kastritsa

PK	C1328
TITLE	Kastritsa
WGS84	39.638642° N, 20.916755° E
Accuracy	300 m.

LAT/LON	39.638642, 20.916755
LON/LAT	20.916755, 39.638642

DMS

39° 38' 19.1112" N

20° 55' 0.318" E

W3W	dataset, segmented, sometimes
UTM	34 S, 492857, 4387655
EGSA87	235259, 4391909

Elevation m	473
Elevation feet	1551.8
Region	Epirus

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1964], 312
2.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 301    '...wheelmade stemmed cups...', '...stirrup-jar...', '...type F sword,...'
3.    Cem.   Kleitsas [2014], 1    'The finds yielded by two cist graves at Kastritsa in Ioannina were a stirrup jar and a bronze dagger. '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 177    'Among native Epirot wares found here were some wheelmade stemmed cups with swollen stems ... somewhat resembling LH IIIC examples from Kephallenia or the LH IIIC to "PH" from the Polis cave on Ithaca...'
5.    Tomb.   AD[1968], 291
6.    Tomb.   AD[1994], 366

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 177, 'N BA LH III(B-C) "PG" C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 301, 'N BA LH III(B-C) "PG"...'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Kleitsas [2014]: 1, 'The Late Bronze Age'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 177, 'N BA LH III(B-C) "PG" C H'
    b.    AD[1968]: 291,
    c.    AD[1964]: 312,
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 301, 'N BA LH III(B-C) "PG"...'

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 177, 'N BA LH III(B-C) "PG" C H'
    b.    AD[1964]: 312,
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 301, 'N BA LH III(B-C) "PG"...','...a stirrup-jar of LH IIIC appearance...'

5. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AD[1994]: 366,

NOTES

1. I think that Simpson's drainage ditch can be found but I simply estimated exactly where the marker should be placed.

2. For the Kastritsa area during the Palaeolithic see Bailey et al. [1983], 'Asprochaliko and Kastritsa: Further Investigations of Palaeolithic Settlement and Economy in Epirus (North-West Greece)', Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (49), pp. 15-42. 1983 which is online here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1968]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 23, '', pg. 291.

2. AD[1994]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 49, '', pg. 366.

3. AD[1964]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 19, '', pg. 312.

4. Kleitsas [2014]: Kleitsas, Christos. ‘The Bronze Age in Epirus (Part 3); The Late Bronze Age: The Burial Customs’, archaeology & arts, Oct. 20, 2014., 'The Bronze Age in Epirus', pg. 1. Online here. Online here.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'K 5 (= L 5) Kastritsa', pg. 177. Online here.

6. 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., 'K 4 Kastritsa', pg. 301. Online here.