Palaikastro: Kastri
| PK | C2622 |
| TITLE | Palaikastro: Kastri |
| WGS84 | 35.202092° N, 26.277263° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 35.202092, 26.277263 |
| LON/LAT | 26.277263, 35.202092 |
| DMS | 35° 12' 7.5312" N | , | 26° 16' 38.1468" E |
| W3W | bluebird, fresh, unbuilt |
| UTM | 35 S, 434211, 3895694 |
| EGSA87 | 707162, 3897541 |
| Elevation m | 67 |
| Elevation feet | 219.8 |
| Region | Crete |
| Subregion | Siteia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE hab
TYPE
1. hab. Nowicki [2000], 50 'By EM III, a proper settlement existed here which was presumably erected on the summit for defensive purposes.'2. Lithics. Nowicki [2014], 87 'Two oblong saddle querns ... ', 'A few obsidian flakes ... '
3. Pottery. Nowicki [2014], 87 'Pottery of this date is especially well visible on the southwestern slope, ... '
4. Settlement. Nowicki [2014], 87 ' ... indicates substantial occupation during EM I and EM II, ... ', 'The FN II settlement, ... '
5. Sherds. Nowicki [2014], 87 'Among the diagnostic pieces were three "cheese pots" fragments, rims of bowls and strap handles.'
SITE SIZE
- Nowicki [2000] p. 50, Size: 5400 sq. m. Absolute maximum: 'Its flat top, ..., is 180 m long but only 15 to 30 m wide.'
- Nowicki [2014] p. 87, Size: 450 sq. m. ' ..., covering at least 12,000 m2, and probably more.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Early Minoan I: (3100 BC - 2650 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 50, 'Kastri was probably settled, or at least visited, by people in the EM I ...'
b. Nowicki [2014]: 87, ' ... indicates substantial occupation during EM I and EM II, ... '
2. Early Minoan II: (2650 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Nowicki [2014]: 87, ' ... indicates substantial occupation during EM I and EM II, ... '
3. Early Minoan IIA: (2650 BC - 2450 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 50, 'Kastri was probably settled ...in the EM I ... or EM IIA period according to reassigned dates...'
4. Early Minoan III: (2200 BC - 2100 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 50, 'By EM III, a proper settlement existed here ...'
b. Nowicki [2014]: 87, ' ... later occupation, including EM II, EM III and MM I, this dating is tentative.'
5. Middle Minoan I: (2100 BC - 1900 BC)
a. Nowicki [2014]: 87, ' ... later occupation, including EM II, EM III and MM I, this dating is tentative.'
6. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 51, 'So far, Palaikastro Kastri has yielded the best material for the transitional LM IIIB/LM IIIC pottery ...'
b. Kanta [2003]: 179, The site started after the abandonment of the town in LM III B, ...
7. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
a. Nowicki [2000]: 51, '...the probability that the Dark Age settlement on Kastri was destroyed during the early phase of its LM IIIC occupation...'
NOTES
1. For more about Kastri see Sackett, L.H. and M.R. Popham, P.M. Warren, Lars Engstrand, 'Excavations at Palaikastro VI', BSA (60), pp. 248-315, 1965. Section on Kastri p. 69 and ff. Online: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30103158
2. Site contributed by Professor Sarah Murray, University of Toronto, Canada
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Deger-Jalkotzy and Zavadil [2006]: Deger-Jalkotzy, Sigrid and Michaela Zavadil (eds.). LH III C Chronology And Synchronisms II; LH III C Middle. Proceedings of the International Workshop held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences at Vienna, October 29th and 30th, 2004., '',
2. Kanta [2003]: Kanta, Athanasia. ‘The Citadel of Kastrokephala and the Date of the Minoan Refuge Citadels’, In Deger-Jalkotzy and Zavadil [2006] 167-182, '', Online here.
3. Nowicki [2000]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Defensible Sites in Crete; c. 1200 - 800 B.C. (LM IIIB/IIIC through Early Geometric). Aegaeum (Annales d'archéologie égéenne de l'Université de Liège et UT-PASP), 21., '5. Palaikastro Kastri', pg. 50.
4. Nowicki [2014]: Nowicki, Krzysztof. Final Neolithic Crete and the Southeast Aegean. De Gruyter, United States, 2014., '8 Palaikastro Kastri', pg. 86.
Online here.