Kastania (Karaoglou)
| PK | C1656 |
| TITLE | Kastania (Karaoglou) |
| WGS84 | 40.815048° N, 22.645277° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 40.815048, 22.645277 |
| LON/LAT | 22.645277, 40.815048 |
| DMS | 40° 48' 54.1728" N | , | 22° 38' 42.9972" E |
| W3W | polisher, capful, railings |
| UTM | 34 T, 638759, 4519528 |
| EGSA87 | 385597, 4518823 |
| Elevation m | 18 |
| Elevation feet | 59.1 |
| Region | Macedonia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015], 'The 13 m of cultural deposits included material from 2400-200 BC.'2. Artifacts. French [1967], 60 'Spindlewhorl - 18'
3. Buildings. Aslaksen [2013], 89 'The position of these (Buildings, rhc) shift slightly throughout the period, but all were built of mud brick and either had an apsidal, oval or square shape ... '
4. Mound. French [1967], 15 'Topography: mound on the present bank of the river Axios; ... '
5. Mound. BCH [1977], 602 ' ... deux premières campagnes de fouilles sur la toumba de Kastanas - anciennement Karaoglou ... '
6. Mound. Rey [1921], 36 La "toumba" s'élève sur la berge du fleuve.'
7. Settlement. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015], 'Type: Settlement'
8. Settlement. Aslaksen [2013], 89 'In this period (K VI or levels 17-14a which corresponds to 1400-1200 B.C., rhc) the settlement was composed of more or less freestanding buildings grouped around courtyards ... '
9. Sherds. Simpson [1981], 182 'Recent excavations have revealed some Mycenaean pottery and a burnt layer of the period of transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age.'
10. Sherds. French [1967], 60 'Myc - 6-9'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. BCH [1977]: 606, 'Le premier niveau d'occupation, qui ne remonte pas au-delà du Bronze Ancien, repose sur la couche d'humus fossile ... '
b. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Overall Phases of Use: From EBA to Hel'
2. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
a. Aslaksen [2013]: 88, 'The Late Bronze Age at Kastanas is constituted by the phases K III (layer 19-18) which corresponds roughly to the period Middle Helladic III- Late Helladic IIIA.'
3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. BCH [1977]: 602, 'Prèmiere apparition ... d'une architecture en brique crue qui trahit l'arrivée d'influences mycéniennes.'
b. French [1967]: 60, 'Myc - 6-9'
4. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 182, 'LB LH IIIA? LH IIIB-C "PG" C'
b. French [1967]: 60, 'LB - Brown b.: 1-5'
5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 182, 'LB LH IIIA? LH IIIB-C "PG" C'
b. BCH [1977]: 602, 'L'unique tesson HR III A provient de la couche 16 ... '
c. Aslaksen [2013]: 88, 'The Late Bronze Age at Kastanas is constituted by the phases K III (layer 19-18) which corresponds roughly to the period Middle Helladic III- Late Helladic IIIA.'
6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 182, 'LB LH IIIA? LH IIIB-C "PG" C'
b. BCH [1977]: 602, ' ..., les deux suivantes au HR III B.'
c. Aslaksen [2013]: 88, 'K IV (layer 17-14a) which corresponds to Late Helladic III A - III C ... '
7. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
a. French [1967]: 60, 'IA & later - 15-17'
8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 182, 'LB LH IIIA? LH IIIB-C "PG" C'
b. BCH [1977]: 602, 'Les couches 14-16 appartiennent au HR IIIC, ... '
c. Aslaksen [2013]: 88, 'K IV (layer 17-14a) which corresponds to Late Helladic III A-III C ... ', ' ... and K V (layer 13-11) which corresponds to Late Helladic III C to the Middle Proto-Geometric period.'
9. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Aslaksen [2013]: 88, ' ... and K V (layer 13-11) which corresponds to Late Helladic III C to the Middle Proto-Geometric period.'
10. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
a. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From SM to EA'
11. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From SM to EA'
12. Early Archaic: (700 BC - 600 BC)
a. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From SM to EA'
NOTES
1. See the fine drawing of the site in BCH [1977] 603, fig. 213 also the stratigraphy diagram on 604, fig. 218.
2. See photographs of the Toumba in Rey [1917] 36, fig. 22 and p. 37, fig. 23. Also the fine map of the lower valley of the Vardar river with many sites clearly marked. This is in the same issue of the BCH, planche 3.
3. See the discussion in Aslaksen [2013], pp. 88 - 94.
4. The Mycenaean Atlas Project would like to thank Dr. Stratos Nanoglou of the University of Thessalonika for making available a copy of French [1967] which would have been otherwise difficult to obtain.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. BCH [1977]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 101, 1978., 'Kastanas', pg. 602.
Online here.
2. Aslaksen [2013]: Aslaksen, Ole Christian . Global and local in Late Bronze Age Central Macedonia; Economy, mobility and identity. Gotarc Series B. Archaeological Theses 61, University of Gothenburg; Department of Historical Studies, Sweden, '7.1.1 Kastanas - Chronology', pg. 88.
Online here.
3. French [1967]: French, D.H.. Index of Prehistoric Sites in Central Macedonia and Catalogue of Sherd Material in The University of Thessaloniki. Athens, 'Kastania (Karaoglu) A 6', pg. 15.
4. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander . Η Κοινωνική Αρχαιολογία του Ελληνικού Κόσμου κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου και την Πρώιμη Αρχαϊκή περίοδο (The Aristeia Project: The Social Archeology of the Greek World during the Early Iron Age and the Early Archaic period), 'Kastanas', Online here.
5. Rey [1921]: Rey, Léon. Observations sur les premiers habitats de la Macédoine; Recueillies par le Service Archéologique de l'Armée d'Orient; 1916-1919 (Région de Salonique). E. De Boccard, Paris, '7. - Karaoglou (Toumba. Fig. 22, 23).', pg. 36.
Online here.
6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'L 44 Kastania (Karaoglou)', pg. 182.
DH French, CM No. A 6
Online here.