Site details

Kastrou tou Stenou

PK	C1607
TITLE	Kastrou tou Stenou
WGS84	38.371723° N, 22.619373° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	38.371723, 22.619373
LON/LAT	22.619373, 38.371723

DMS

38° 22' 18.2028" N

22° 37' 9.7428" E

W3W	thicknesses, uncovering, cater
UTM	34 S, 641460, 4248301
EGSA87	379247, 4247674

Elevation m	197
Elevation feet	646.3
Region	Phocis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AE [1956], 24
2.    Sherds.   Fossey [1986], 23    '... potsherds are also particularly frequent on these Eastern slopes.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 256    'LH IIIB and other LH sherds were found on the W slopes of the hill ...'
4.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 132    'Am Westhang des Kastros von Stenos, ob dieselbe Lokalitat oder anderswo in dieser Gegend ist unsicher, konnte Mastrokostas mykenische Scherben auflesen.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 77    'LH IIIB and other Mycenaean sherds were found on the west slopes of the hill...'
6.    Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 77    ' ..., and Mycenaean cist graves were discovered a short distance to the southwest, near the chapel of Ayios Sotiros, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1986]: 23, 'MY LHIIIB LHIIIC? PG G A C H R LR'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 77, 'LH IIIB and other Mycenaean sherds were found...'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 132, '...mykenische Scherben auflesen.'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1986]: 23, 'MY LHIIIB LHIIIC? PG G A C H R LR'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 256, 'LH IIIB LH IIIC? PG C H'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 132, 'Die Skyphosscherben sind in gutem Metopenstil aus IIIB dekoriert.'

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1986]: 23, 'MY LHIIIB LHIIIC? PG G A C H R LR'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 256, 'LH IIIB LH IIIC? PG C H'
    c.    AE [1956]: 24,
    d.    Simpson [1981]: 77, ' .... LH IIIC? ... '

NOTE

1. Placed in accordance with the map in Sideris [2014], p. 17, Kastro Stenou is no. 6.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AE [1956]: Archaiologike Ephemeris, Athens, Greece. 1956, '', pg. 24.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Antikyra', pg. 132.

3. Fossey [1986]: Fossey, John M.. The Ancient Topography of Eastern Phokis. Gieben, Amsterdam, 1986., '1. Antíkyra (= anc. Antikyra)', pg. 23.

4. Sideris [2014]: Sideris, Athanasios. Antikyra; History and Archaeology. Athens, 2014, '', Online here.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 50 Antikyra: Kastro tou Stenou', pg. 77. 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., 'G 52 Antikyra: Kastro tou Stenou', pg. 256. Online here.