Site details

Syros: Chalandriani (Kastri)

PK	C6936
TITLE	Syros: Chalandriani (Kastri)
WGS84	37.490681° N, 24.934023° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.490681, 24.934023
LON/LAT	24.934023, 37.490681

DMS

37° 29' 26.4516" N

24° 56' 2.4828" E

W3W	viscose, conserved, period
UTM	35 S, 317355.09, 4151312.14
EGSA87	582421, 4149429

Elevation m	143
Elevation feet	469.2
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Syros

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 311    'The site Kastri is a fortified hill-top, near the E coast, close to which were four separated cemeteries.'
2.    Settlement.   BCH Online, 841

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Cycladic: (3200 BC - 1850 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 841, ? ' ..., the pithoi with incised decoration, which had been thought to appear at the start of the MCyc period, are now seen to begin earlier.'

2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 311, ' ..., of apparently EB (even GP?) date.'

3. Early Bronze Age III: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 311, ' ... and the "Anatolian" EB III of Ayia Irini and Euboea, ... '

4. Early Cycladic II: (2700 BC - 2450 BC)
    a.    BCH Online: 841, ' ..., indicating that the summit wall dates to the L stages of ECycII.'

5. Keros-Syros: (2600 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 311, 'These contained goods of the KS phase; ... '

6. Troy III: (2250 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 311, ' ... pottery types linked with Troy III-IV ... '

7. Troy IV: (2200 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 311, ' ... pottery types linked with Troy III-IV ... '

NOTES

1. Additional:

Marisa Marthari, Chalandriani-Kastri. From the investigation and protection to the presentation of an archaeological site. It is online here. 1998.
Jill Hilditch, 'Chalandriani on Syros' The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Wiley. 2012.

2. Hekman [2003] is the indispensable source for Chalandriani and see the splendidly detailed map on p. 46, Figure 10. For topographical details of the specific Chalandriani area see ibid. 55, Figure 13. Hekman also describes clusters of graves at Kampos (F5866), San Michalis (F5865), around the Chalandriani plateau (C6936, F5441), at Plati Vouni (F5869), and Papouri (F5858). Here I am considering all of them as part of the same extended compex.

3. The toponym 'Krokidas' is explained by Hekman as a hill adjacent to and south of the great finds of Chalandriani. Bosanquet, who first used this toponym for his finds, probably confused the name of the neighboring hill for his actual finds at Chalandriani. See Hekman [2003] 52 for details.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH Online: Archaeology in Greece Online/Chronique des fouilles en ligne, 'CHALANDRIANI Kastri - 2008', no. 841. 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., 'Krokidas', pg. 311. Online here.