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Elis: Kastro

PKC566
TITLEElis: Kastro
WGS84 37.888906° N, 21.384879° E
Accuracy 100 m.

LAT/LON 37.888906, 21.384879
LON/LAT 21.384879, 37.888906

DMS 37° 53' 20.0616" N,21° 23' 5.5644" E

W3Wroams, distributor, funhouse
UTM34 S, 533842, 4193559
EGSA87 269884, 4196426

Elevation m133
Elevation feet 436.4
RegionElis





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   PAE[1962], 125    
2.    Artifacts.   PAE[1962],     
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 153    'LH III and Geometric pottery ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 153, 'EH II MH LH (III) SMyc G A C H'
    b.    PAE[1962]: 125,

2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    PAE[1962]: 125,

3. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    PAE[1962]: 125,

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    PAE[1962]: 125,

NOTE

1.  'Some LH III and Geometric pottery has been reported from the acropolis ...'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  PAE[1962]:  Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1962., '', pg. 125.

2.  Eder [2001]:  Eder, Birgitta. Die submykenischen und protogeometrischen Gräber von Elis. Athens, 2001, '', Online here.

3.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 3 Ancient Elis', pg. 153. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C566 is at 37.97569° N, 21.25763° E, a straight-line distance of 14 km and 770 m.