Site details

Kastelli Pediada

PK	C6018
TITLE	Kastelli Pediada
WGS84	35.209773° N, 25.341037° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	35.209773, 25.341037
LON/LAT	25.341037, 35.209773

DMS

35° 12' 35.1828" N

25° 20' 27.7332" E

W3W	return, imbalanced, gateways
UTM	35 S, 348997, 3897567
EGSA87	621914, 3896841

Elevation m	341
Elevation feet	1118.8
Region	Crete
Subregion	Pedhiadha

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   AR[1999], 133    ' ... parts of buildings belonging to six different architectural phases: neo-palatiall, LM IIIA1, LM IIIA2, LM IIIB, HL, mod.'
2.    hab.   Langohr [2009], 72    ' ..., un important site d'habitat ...'
3.    Settlement.   Rethemiotakis and Christakis [2011], 211    ' ... the nearby settlement of Kastelli, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Minoan IB: (1625 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    AR[1999]: 133, 'The neo-palatial building had a staircase at its N end leading to an upper storey; it was destroyed in LM IB.'

2. Late Minoan IIIA1: (1420 BC - 1390 BC)
    a.    Langohr [2009]: 72, ' ..., Kastelli est réoccupé, apparemment dès la phase MR IIIA1 et jusqu'au MR IIIC...'
    b.    Langohr [2009]: 72, ' ... cette réoccupation au MR IIIA1 ...'
    c.    AR[1999]: 133, '...neo-palatial, LM IIIA1, LM IIIA2, LM IIIB, ...', 'The building was re-used in LM IIIA1 ...'

3. Late Minoan IIIA2: (1390 BC - 1330 BC)
    a.    Langohr [2009]: 72, ' ..., Kastelli est réoccupé, apparemment dès la phase MR IIIA1 et jusqu'au MR IIIC...'
    b.    AR[1999]: 133, '...neo-palatial, LM IIIA1, LM IIIA2, LM IIIB, ...', '..., part of a separate building revealed LM IIIA2 pottery, ... '

4. Late Minoan IIIB: (1330 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Langohr [2009]: 72, ' ..., Kastelli est réoccupé, apparemment dès la phase MR IIIA1 et jusqu'au MR IIIC...'
    b.    AR[1999]: 133, '...neo-palatial, LM IIIA1, LM IIIA2, LM IIIB, ...', '..., whereas the N end of the plot revealed an LM IIIB building, ... '

5. Late Minoan IIIC: (1200 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Langohr [2009]: 72, ' ..., Kastelli est réoccupé, apparemment dès la phase MR IIIA1 et jusqu'au MR IIIC...'
    b.    Langohr [2009]: 73, 'Le site de Kastelli Pediada a connu une occupation MR IIIC particulièrement importante ... '

NOTES

1.  In Rethemiotakis and Christakis [2011] 214: 'So far, no sufficient evidence on a Middle Minoan II occupation can be made out for Kastelli, ...'

2.  This site may be what Pendlebury et al. (BSA (33), 1932/3, p. 80) designate as 'Petrades'. They say "At Petrades, the name of a small knoll ten minutes East of the town, there is a big deposit of M.M. III sherds, but no walls are visible."

3.  Langohr [2009] 72: 'dans un secteur connu sous l'appellation « Kastelli '93 »'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1999]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (46) 1999., 'Kastelli (Parish plot).', pg. 133. Online here.

2. Langohr [2009]: Langohr, Charlotte. PERIPHEREIA: Étude régionale de la Crète aux Minoen Récent II-IIIB (1450-1200 av. J.-C.) 1 | La Crète centrale et occidentale, Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Belgium, 2009., '2.1.18. Kastelli Pediada', pg. 72. Online here.

3. Rethemiotakis and Christakis [2011]: Rethemiotakis, Giorgor and Kostis S. Christakis. ‘Landscapes of Power in Protopalatial Crete: New Evidence from Galatas, Pediada’, Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici (53) 195-218, 2011., '', pg. 214. Online here.