Site details

Dhafni: Kastro

PK	C5236
TITLE	Dhafni: Kastro
WGS84	38.80432° N, 23.343758° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	38.80432, 23.343758
LON/LAT	23.343758, 38.80432

DMS

38° 48' 15.552" N

23° 20' 37.5288" E

W3W	humbles, tangling, chime
UTM	34 S, 703520, 4297672
EGSA87	442869, 4294980

Elevation m	182
Elevation feet	597.1
Region	Euboea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Wall

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 269    'The main centre may be at Kastro, immediately S of the road on the W edge of Dhafni.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 269    'Finds from the Dhafni area include EH sherds, obsidian, two sherds possibly PG, and definite G and C.'
3.    Wall.   Sackett et al. [1966], 46    '..., where one course of large stones running around the circular crest appears to be the remains of a fortification wall.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 269, 'Finds from the Dhafni area include EH sherds, obsidian, two sherds possibly PG, and definite G and C.'

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 46, 'Sherds include ? Protogeometric, ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 269, ' ... two sherds possibly PG, and definite G and C.'

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 46, 'Sherds include ... Geometric, and Classical.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 269, ' ... two sherds possibly PG, and definite G and C.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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], '18. Dhafni (Mandanika): Kastro', pg. 46. Online here.

2. 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 94 Dhafni: Mourties, etc.', pg. 269. Online here.