Site details

Zarakes/Zarka

PK	C5192
TITLE	Zarakes∕Zarka
WGS84	38.291794° N, 24.190553° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	38.291794, 24.190553
LON/LAT	24.190553, 38.291794

DMS

38° 17' 30.4584" N

24° 11' 25.9908" E

W3W	madcap, dropped, meowing
UTM	35 S, 254296, 4241926
EGSA87	516515, 4237921

Elevation m	161
Elevation feet	528.2
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Phialon [2011], 134    'Du matériel céramique ... '
2.    Sherds.   Sackett et al. [1966], 77    '...Sherds...'
3.    Tower.   Fachard [2012],     ' ... les ruines de la tour antique de Zarka ..., '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 77, 'Sherds included hand-made coarse ware with white grits, ? Grey Minyan, and Classical Bg., found by Hankey and Jacobsen.'
    b.    Phialon [2011]: 134, 'Du matériel céramique HM ... '

NOTES

1.  Dr. Fachard [2012] 214 suggests that this tower (now destroyed) may have been ' ... le pyrgos d'une ferme ou d'une maison.'

2.  For a sketch of the tower see Fachard [2012] 214, Fig. 165.

3.  Sackett et al. [1966] p. 77 say 'a prominent hill with two windmills c. 1 km. south of the village'. The bases of the windmills are still visible at 38.291898°, 24.190391° and 38.291758°, 24.190736°.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Fachard [2012]: Fachard, Sylvian. La Défense du Territoire; Étude de la Chora Érétrienne et de ses Fortifications, École suisse d'archéologie en Grèce. InFolio Editions, CH-Gollion. 2012, 'Zarakes, Zarka; 157; ... ', pg. 214. Online here.

2. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.3.1.17. Du lac de Dystros à Styra', pg. 134.

3. Sackett et al. [1966]: Sackett, L.H., and V. Hankey, R.J. Howell, T.W. Jacobsen, M.R. Popham. ‘Prehistoric Euboea: Contributions toward a Survey’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, pp. 33-112, [1966], '86. Zarka', pg. 77. Online here.