Site details

Kastraki

PK	C7155
TITLE	Kastraki
WGS84	37.008864° N, 25.384016° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	37.008864, 25.384016
LON/LAT	25.384016, 37.008864

DMS

37° 0' 31.9104" N

25° 23' 2.4576" E

W3W	uneaten, embeds, jottings
UTM	35 S, 356227.49, 4097076.3
EGSA87	622985, 4096463

Elevation m	6
Elevation feet	19.7
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Naxos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Hogarth et al. [1897], 21    ' ..., at Kastraki, in south-west Naxos, an extensive necropolis of cist tombs ... '
2.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 328    'A GP ... and KS settlement on the W coast, protected on the W by a strong wall; ... '
3.    Settlement.   Hogarth et al. [1897], 21    ' ... has adjacent to it considerable remains of prehistoric human habitation. The settlement here is so close to the shore that part of it has been washed away by the action of the waves, ... '
4.    Settlement.   Renfrew [2011], 11394    'Settlement ... of the Kyros-Syros culture ... ', ' ...: settlement observed but not graves.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Prehistoric: (4000 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Hogarth et al. [1897]: , ' ... considerable remains of prehistoric human habitation.'

2. Grotta-Pelos: (3000 BC - 2600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 328, 'A GP ... and KS settlement on the W coast, ... '

3. Keros-Syros: (2600 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 328, 'A GP ... and KS settlement on the W coast, ... '
    b.    Renfrew [2011]: 11394, 'Settlement ... of the Keros-syros culture ... '

NOTES

1.  See the valuable report by Mr. Clon Stephanos on the premycenaean tombs of Naxos (1905), pp. 216-225 in Comptes Rendus du Congrès Internationnal d'Archéologie, 1^re Session, Athenes, 7-13 Avril (25-31 Mars). Published by Imprimerie "Hestia", C. Meissner & N. Kargadouris, 1905. It can be read in its entirety here.

2.  Page numbers in Renfrew [2011] are, in actuality, location numbers in the electronic edition, ISBN 978-1-78570-773-5.

3.  Position adopted from Doumas [1972] 13, Fig. 2, no. 50.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Doumas [1977]: Doumas,Christos. Early Bronze Age Burial Habits in the Cyclades. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, 48, Paul Astroms Forlag, Johannesbergsgatan 24, Goteborg, Sweden. 1977., '',

2. Hogarth et al. [1897]: Hogarth, D.G. and D. Mackenzie, C.C. Edgar. ‘Excavations in Melos, 1898’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (4) 1-48. 1898, '', pg. 21. Online here.

3. Renfrew [2011]: Renfrew, Colin. The Emergence of Civilisation: The Cyclades and the Aegean in the Third Millenium BC. Oxbow Books. Second ed., 2011 (First edition 1972), '13. Kastraki ... ', pg. 11394. Online here.

4. 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., 'Kastraki', pg. 328. Online here.