Site details

Machairado Palaiokastro

PK	C3761
TITLE	Machairado Palaiokastro
WGS84	37.745374° N, 20.805016° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.745374, 20.805016
LON/LAT	20.805016, 37.745374

DMS

37° 44' 43.3464" N

20° 48' 18.0576" E

W3W	huntsman, streetwise, plodding
UTM	34 S, 483053, 4178645
EGSA87	218335, 4182084

Elevation m	383
Elevation feet	1256.6
Region	Ionian Islands
Subregion	Zakynthos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   BCH Online, 429
2.    Sherds.   Wijngaarden et al. [2013], 139    '...a few possible Mycenaean sherds were found at the hill of Palaiokastro...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 429, 'A little PH pottery includes a Myc or EIA decorated base.'
    b.    Wijngaarden et al. [2013]: 139, '...a few possible Mycenaean sherds were found at the hill of Palaiokastro...'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 429, 'A little PH pottery includes a Myc or EIA decorated base.'

NOTE

1. Contributed by Professor S. Murray, University of Toronto.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, '', no. 429. Online here. Online here.

2. Wijngaarden et al. [2013]: Wijngaarden, Gert Jan van, Georgia Kourtessi-Philippakis, Nienke Peters. ‘New Archaeological sites and finds on Zakynthos’, Pharos 19, pp. 127-159. 2013, 'New Archaeological sites and finds on Zakynthos', pg. 127. Online here.