Site details

Kastro tou Ayiou Ioannou

PK	C1421
TITLE	Kastro tou Ayiou Ioannou
WGS84	36.554796° N, 26.278788° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	36.554796, 26.278788
LON/LAT	26.278788, 36.554796

DMS

36° 33' 17.2656" N

26° 16' 43.6368" E

W3W	luckiest, sorbets, mercies
UTM	35 S, 435457, 4045728
EGSA87	703801, 4047614

Elevation m	252
Elevation feet	826.8
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Astypalaia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1971], 551
2.    Artifacts.   BSA [1973], 163
3.    Lithics.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 365    ' ... and some obsidian chips were found, ... '
4.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 365    ' ... this is also the apparent size of the prehistoric settlement.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 365    ' ... and two LH III sherds ... '
6.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 202    'Two Mycenaean sherds were among the few finds observed within the ruined mediaeval walls, ...'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 365,  Size: 7000 sq. m.  'The area within the ruined mediaeval walls is c. 100 m. E-W by 70 m., and this is also the apparent size of the prehistoric settlement.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age I: (3300 BC - 3000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 202, 'EB I MB LH III(A2-B) G? C or H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 365, 'Several EB I (sherds, RHC), ... '

2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 202, 'EB I MB LH III(A2-B) G? C or H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 365, ' ..., one MB, ... '

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 365, ' ..., and two LH III sherds ... '

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    BSA [1973]: 163,

5. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 202, 'EB I MB LH III(A2-B) G? C or H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 364, 'EB I MB LH III(A2-B) ... '

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 202, 'EB I MB LH III(A2-B) G? C or H'
    b.    AD[1971]: 551,
    c.    BSA [1973]: 163,
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 364, 'EB I MB LH III(A2-B) ... '

7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AD[1971]: 551,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1971]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 26, '', pg. 551.

2. BSA [1973]: Annual of the British School at Athens, Athens, Greece. (68) 1973., '', pg. 163. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Kastro tou Ayiou Ioannou', pg. 202. 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., 'Kastro tou Ayiou Ioannou', pg. 364. Online here.