Site details

Maa-Palaeokastro

PK	C1573
TITLE	Maa–Palaeokastro
WGS84	34.853992° N, 32.363368° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	34.853992, 32.363368
LON/LAT	32.363368, 34.853992

DMS

34° 51' 14.3712" N

32° 21' 48.1248" E

W3W	agrees, unfortunately, moisten
UTM	36 S, 441803, 3857036
EGSA87	1265323, 3888623

Elevation m	11
Elevation feet	36.1
Region	Cyprus

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Fort.   Karageorghis [1997], 128    'The defensive character of the architecture of this settlement is quite clear;...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Cypriot IIC: (1340 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Karageorghis [1997]: 128, '... at Maa-Palaeokastro and other Late Cypriot IIC-Late Cypriot IIIA sites in Cyprus...'

2. Late Cypriot IIIA: (1200 BC - 1100 BC)
    a.    Karageorghis [1997]: 128, 'Both sites may have been founded ca. 1200 BC'
    b.    Karageorghis [1997]: 128, '... at Maa-Palaeokastro and other Late Cypriot IIC-Late Cypriot IIIA sites in Cyprus...'

NOTE

1. The supposed 'Mycenaean' nature of this site is controversial. There are valuable remarks in Michael [2005], pp. 127-130 esp. those on the museum at Maa-Palaeokastro. For a balanced over all presentation for this site and for Pyla-Kokkinochremos ('C1574') see this video by Dr. Artemis Georgiou of the University of Cyprus.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Cline et al [1997]: Cline, Eric H. and Diane Harris-Cline (eds.). The Aegean and the Orient in the Second Millenium. Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Symposium, Cincinnati, 18-20 April 1997. Aegaeum 18, Annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège et UT-PASP. Liege: Universite de Liege, Histoire de l'art et archéologie de la Grèce antique/University of Texas at Austin, Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory. 1997., '',

2. Karageorghis [1997]: Karageorghis, V.. ‘Mycenaean 'Acropoleis' in the Aegean and Cyprus: some Comparisons’, Cline et al [1997], pp. 127-136., '', pg. 128. Online here.

3. Michael [2005]: Michael, Angela Stella. Making Histories: Nationalism, Colonialism and the Uses of the Past on Cyprus. Thesis submitted for Ph.D., University of Glasgow. June 2005., '', Online here.