Site details

Syme: Kastro

PK	C1410
TITLE	Syme: Kastro
WGS84	36.612835° N, 27.837087° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.612835, 27.837087
LON/LAT	27.837087, 36.612835

DMS

36° 36' 46.206" N

27° 50' 13.5132" E

W3W	scrag, tomcat, querying
UTM	35 S, 574857, 4052250
EGSA87	843059, 4058496

Elevation m	136
Elevation feet	446.2
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Syme

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 200    'The ancient walls enclosed an area about 80 m. east to west by 30 m., and there are signs of ancient habitation also on the upper slopes below the walls.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 360    'On the N slopes some EB sherds (including EB I) and at least one of LH III(A-B) date were found.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Hagel [2006], 119    'A surface sherd found on the Kastro in 1967 is certainly Mycenaean, ... '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 200    'A surface sherd found on the Kastro in 1967 is certainly Mycenaean, ... '
5.    Sherds.   Simpson and Lazenby [1970], 63    'Our impression that the acropolis was also occupied in prehistoric times is now at last confirmed, and one sherd found in 1967 is certainly Mycenaean.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 200,  Size: 2400 sq. m.  'The ancient walls enclosed an area about 80 m. east to west by 30 m., ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age I: (3300 BC - 3000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 200, 'EB I LH III(A-B) A? C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 360, ' ... (including EB I) (sherd, RHC) and ... '

2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 360, ' ... some EB sherds ... were found.'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 200, 'On the north slopes ... at least one Mycenaean (sherd, RHC) were found with sherds of later periods.'
    b.    Simpson and Lazenby [1970]: 63, ' ..., and one sherd found in 1967 is certainly Mycenaean.'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 200, 'EB I LH III(A-B) A? C H'
    b.    Simpson and Hagel [2006]: 119, 'A surface sherd found on the Kastro in 1967 is certainly Mycenaean, either LH IIIA or LH IIIB ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 360, ' ... at least one (sherd, RHC) of LH III(A-B) date were found.'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 200, 'EB I LH III(A-B) A? C H'
    b.    Simpson and Hagel [2006]: 119, 'A surface sherd found on the Kastro in 1967 is certainly Mycenaean, either LH IIIA or LH IIIB ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 360, ' ... at least one (sherd, RHC) of LH III(A-B) date were found.'

NOTE

1. See Simpson and Lazenby [1970] 64, Fig. 8 for a sketch map of the Kastro.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Simpson and Hagel [2006]: Simpson, R. Hope and D.K. Hagel. Mycenaean Fortifications, Highways, Dams and Canals. SIMA vol. 133. Paul Åströms Förlag. Sävedalen, Sweden. 2006., 'Syme: Kastro', pg. 119.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Syme: Kastro', pg. 200. Online here.

3. Simpson and Lazenby [1970]: Simpson, Richard Hope and J.F. Lazenby. ‘Notes from the Dodecanese II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (65), pp. 47-77, 1970., ''SYME; Kastro'', pg. 63. Online here.

4. 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., 'Syme: Kastro', pg. 359. Online here.