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Asea: Kato Asea: Palaiokastro

PK	C543
TITLE	Asea: Kato Asea: Palaiokastro
WGS84	37.405156° N, 22.283029° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.405156, 22.283029
LON/LAT	22.283029, 37.405156

DMS

37° 24' 18.5616" N

22° 16' 58.9044" E

W3W	pulsates, begins, whisks
UTM	34 S, 613553, 4140592
EGSA87	347890, 4140915

Elevation m	706
Elevation feet	2316.3
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Syriopoulos [1983], 197
2.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 88    'It is difficult to gauge its importance in the Mycenaean period, since the extensive Hellenistic occupation has probably removed any Mycenaean levels which may have existed.'
3.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 82    'The site is fairly large (top surface c. 250 m. N-S by 120 m.). It seems to have been inhabited continuously from EH I to earlier MH, being destroyed by fire at the end of EH II.'
4.    Settlement.   Forsén and Forsén [2003], 96    'Holmberg found a prehistoric settlement on top of the Paleokastro, settled from Neolithic to MH times.'
5.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 73    Besiedlung in N, FH, MH, SH, PG, G und hellenistischer Zeit.
6.    Sherds.   Forsén and Forsén [2003], 96    ' ... he (Holmberg, rhc) found only some LH (of all three main subphases), G and C sherds, ... '
7.    Sherds.   Howell [1970], 101    '..only a few sherds and vessels of the Mycenaean period were found.'
8.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 88    'Mycenaean occupation is represented only by a few sherds, mostly early.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 88,  Size: 30000 sq. m.  'Mycenaean occupation is represented only by a few sherds, mostly early.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 82,  Size: 30000 sq. m.  '...(top surface c. 250 m. N-S by 120 m.)...'

- Simpson [1981]  p. 88,  Size: 30000 sq. m.  'The site is fairly large, with a top surface about 250 m. north to south by 120 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 73, ...FH...

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 82, '...from EH I to earlier MH ...'
    b.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 96, ' ... EH I-III, MH I-III, MH/LH, LH IIB-III, LG, A, C ... '

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 82, '...from EH I to earlier MH ...', '...being destroyed by fire at the end of EH II.'
    b.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 96, ' ... EH I-III, MH I-III, MH/LH, LH IIB-III, LG, A, C ... '

4. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 82, '...from EH I to earlier MH ...'
    b.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 96, ' ... EH I-III, MH I-III, MH/LH, LH IIB-III, LG, A, C ... '

5. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 101, 'The final phases of the Middle Helladic period do not seem to be well represented ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 82, '...from EH I to earlier MH ...'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 73, ...MH...
    d.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 96, ' ... EH I-III, MH I-III, MH/LH, LH IIB-III, LG, A, C ... '

6. Middle Helladic I: (2000 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 96, ' ... EH I-III, MH I-III, MH/LH, LH IIB-III, LG, A, C ... '

7. Middle Helladic II: (1900 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 96, ' ... EH I-III, MH I-III, MH/LH, LH IIB-III, LG, A, C ... '

8. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 96, ' ... EH I-III, MH I-III, MH/LH, LH IIB-III, LG, A, C ... '

9. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 101, ' ..., and only a few sherds and vessels of the Mycenaean period were found.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 88, 'Mycenaean occupation is represented only by a few sherds, mostly early.'
    c.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 96, ' ... EH I-III, MH I-III, MH/LH, LH IIB-III, LG, A, C ... '

10. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 82, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIA LH IIIA2 G H'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 73, ...einiger Tassen aus SH I...

11. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 73, ...und Scherben aus SH II...

12. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 82, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIA LH IIIA2 G H'

13. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 96, ' ... EH I-III, MH I-III, MH/LH, LH IIB-III, LG, A, C ... '

14. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 73, ... eine Scherbe aus SH III.

15. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 73, Die wenigen und zerstreuten späthelladischen Scherben entstammten allen drei Perioden.

16. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 88, 'One sherd is certainly LH IIIA2, and an askos from a cist grave may also be of the same date.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 82, 'One sherd is certainly LH IIIA2, ...'

17. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 73, Die wenigen und zerstreuten späthelladischen Scherben entstammten allen drei Perioden.
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 73, '... ein Fragment, wahrscheinlich von einem Skyphos, mit senkrechtstehendem Schneckendekor und stammt aus IIIB.'

18. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 73, Die wenigen und zerstreuten späthelladischen Scherben entstammten allen drei Perioden.

19. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 73, ...PG...
    b.    Syriopoulos [1983]: 197,

20. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 73, ...G...

21. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 96, ' ... EH I-III, MH I-III, MH/LH, LH IIB-III, LG, A, C ... '

22. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 96, ' ... EH I-III, MH I-III, MH/LH, LH IIB-III, LG, A, C ... '

NOTE

1. This is an extensive and complex site of which only the central settlement hill is marked here. Full details of the area and the finds are provided in Forsén and Forsén [2003] 95-102 and see the fine map, p. 95, Fig. 66.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Asea', pg. 73.

2. Forsén and Forsén [2003]: Forsén, Jeannette. and Björn Forsén. The Asea Valley Survey: An Arcadian Mountain Valley from the Palaeolithic Period until Modern Times. Astrom Editions, Stockholm, 2003., 'S 60. Asea Palliokastro', pg. 96.

3. Howell [1970]: Howell, R.. ‘A Survey of Eastern Arcadia in Prehistory’, The Annual of the British School at Athens. 65. November, 1970. 79-127., '51. Kato Asea-Palaiokastro (anc. Asea)', pg. 101. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 16. Kato Asea: Palaiokastro (Ancient Asea)', pg. 88. Online here.

5. 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., 'B 30 Kato Asea: Palaiokstro (Ancient Asea)', pg. 82. Online here.

6. Syriopoulos [1983]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Eisagoge eis ten archaian elleniken Istorian. Oi Metabatikoi Chronoi Apo tes Mykenaikes eis ten Archaiken Periodon 1200-700 pch. Vol. 1. Athens. 1983., '', pg. 197.