Site details

Megalo Chorio: Kastro

PK	C1429
TITLE	Megalo Chorio: Kastro
WGS84	36.457081° N, 27.342691° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.457081, 27.342691
LON/LAT	27.342691, 36.457081

DMS

36° 27' 25.4916" N

27° 20' 33.6876" E

W3W	browned, unscrewed, nowadays
UTM	35 S, 530707, 4034702
EGSA87	799423, 4039555

Elevation m	273
Elevation feet	895.7
Region	Dodecanese
Subregion	Tilos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   AR[2001], 104    ' ..., with indications of occupation of the hill from Myc times.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Hagel [2006], 120    'It is, however, worth noting that a Mycenaean sherd was identified among the mixture of Archaic, Geometric and Protogeometric in a trial trench by Höpfner and Philemonos ... '
3.    Sherds.   Melas [1988], 293    '...some scrappy sherds which might be third or second millenium.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Melas [1988]: 293, '...some scrappy sherds which might be third or second millenium.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Hagel [2006]: 120, ' ... a Mycenaean sherd was identified ... '
    b.    AR[2001]: 104, ' ..., with indications of occupation of the hill from Myc times.'

NOTE

1. For a sketch map of the acropolis see Simpson and Lazenby [1970] 65, Fig. 10.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[2001]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (48) 2001., 'Megalo Chorio.', pg. 104. Online here.

2. Melas [1988]: Melas, M.. ‘Exploration in the Dodecanese: New Prehistoric and Mycenaean Finds’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, (83), pp. 283-311. 1988., '1. Kastro', pg. 293. Online here.

3. 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., 'Telos: Megalochorio', pg. 119.

4. 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., 'TELOS; Megalochório', pg. 63. Online here.