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Kastron Khostion (ancient Chorseiai)

PK	C756
TITLE	Kastron Khostion (ancient Chorseiai)
WGS84	38.25485° N, 22.883191° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	38.25485, 22.883191
LON/LAT	22.883191, 38.25485

DMS

38° 15' 17.46" N

22° 52' 59.4876" E

W3W	blog, furred, strapped
UTM	34 S, 664772.31, 4235768.71
EGSA87	402137, 4234394

Elevation m	225
Elevation feet	738.2
Region	Boeotia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    hab.   Fossey [1986], 11
2.    Pottery.   Fossey [1988], 193    'Pottery and Small Finds'
3.    Settlement.   Forchhammer [1857], 24    Brief remarks only on pp. 24-6.
4.    Settlement.   Heurtley [1923], 42    ' ... and here, in Mycenaean times, was a settlement, for on the slopes above the western precipices L.H. III. sherds as well as Minyan can be picked up.'
5.    Settlement.   Lebègue [1875], 107    'Hic est urbis antiquae alicujus locus. Relicta deinde Khosia, superat via unum ex Heliconis jugis, quo promontorium breve efficitur in mare excurrens ad orientem portus dicti nunc Sarandi, ... '
6.    Settlement.   Fossey and Morin [1989], 166    'The site of the Kastron near the modern village of Khóstia has long been identified with the ancient city oof Khorsiai ... '
7.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 77    ' ... Heurtley found Middle Helladic and Mycenaean sherds ... '
8.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 124    'Am Westhang fand Heurtley 1922 7 Scherben ... '
9.    Sherds.   Farinetti [2011 AI10], 13    'Occupation in Prehistoric periods is attested at the site, although the entity of the remains (surface scattered sherds mainly) do not allow us to give a character of the occupation.'
10.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 250    'MH and LH III sherds were found of the hill of the later fortress of Chorsiai, ... '
11.    Wall.   Fossey [1988], 190    'The Lesbian walls which have been excavated date from both late Geometric/early Archaic ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI10]: 12, Component GC_58,'Heurtley had apparently picked up only a few Mycenaean sherds at the site, as well as did Burn (1949).'

2. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Fossey and Morin [1989]: 166, ' ... the first certain occupation of the site appears to date from the EH(I?) phase and ... '
    b.    Fossey [1988]: 193, 'Neo?, EH I-III, MH (including Grey and Yellow Minyan), LH II-IIIB, Geometric (especially LG), Archaic ... '

3. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 193, ' ..., EH I-III, ... '

4. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 193, ' ..., EH I-III, ... '

5. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI10]: 12, Component GC_59,'Heurtley had apparently picked up only a few Mycenaean sherds at the site, as well as did Burn (1949).'
    b.    Heurtley [1923]: 42, ' ... as well as Minyan can be picked up.'
    c.    Fossey and Morin [1989]: 166, ' ..., with perhaps less intensity in the MH.'
    d.    Fossey [1988]: 193, ' ..., MH (including Grey and Yellow Minyan), ... '
    e.    Ålin [1962]: 124, ' ... und auch Minysche Ware.'
    f.    Simpson [1981]: 77, ' ... Heurtley found Middle Helladic and Mycenaean sherds ... '
    g.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 250, 'MH and LH III sherds ... ', 'MH ... '

6. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI10]: 12, Component GC_60,'Heurtley had apparently picked up only a few Mycenaean sherds at the site, as well as did Burn (1949).'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 76, ' ... Heurtley found Middle Helladic and Mycenaean sherds ... '

7. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 193, ' ..., LH II-IIIB, ... '

8. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Heurtley [1923]: 42, ' ... for on the slopes above the western precipices L.H. III. sherds ... can be picked up.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 124, ' ... aus SH III ... '

9. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1986]: 11,
    b.    Fossey and Morin [1989]: 166, ' ... through the entire Bronze Age, ... '
    c.    Fossey [1988]: 193, ' ..., LH II-IIIB, ... '
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 250, ' ... LH III sherds were found ... ', ' ... LH IIIA-B ... '

10. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1986]: 11,
    b.    Fossey and Morin [1989]: 166, 'After LHIIIB comes a lacuna until ... '
    c.    Fossey [1988]: 193, ' ..., LH II-IIIB, ... '
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 250, ' ... LH III sherds were found ... ', ' ... LH IIIA-B ... '

11. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Fossey and Morin [1989]: 166, ' ... through the entire Bronze Age, ... '

12. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1986]: 11,

13. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1986]: 11,

14. Late Geometric: (760 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Fossey and Morin [1989]: 166, ' ... the Late Geometric period when the site was reoccupied; ... '

15. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Fossey [1988]: 193, ' ..., Archaic, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Chorsiai', pg. 124.

2. Farinetti [2011 AI10]: Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.10; Three small chorai to the Gulf of Corinth: Siphai, Thisbe, Chorseiai. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '14. Prodromos Kastron (ancient CHORSEIAI): Components GC_57 to GC_66', pg. 12. Specifically components GC_58, GC_59, GC_60

3. Forchhammer [1857]: Forchhammer, P.W.. Halkyonia, Wanderungen an den Ufern des Halkyonischen Meeres; Sendschreiben an Prof. Böckh. . Verlag der Nicolai'schen Buchhandlung. Berlin. 1857., '', pg. 24. Online here.

4. Fossey [1988]: Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '', pg. 189.

5. Fossey [1986]: Fossey, John M. (ed.). Khostia: Results of Canadian Explorations and Excavations at Khostia, Boiotia, Central Greece : Etudes Diverses. McGill University Monographs in Classica Series, no. 5. Brill. 1986., '', pg. 11.

6. Fossey and Morin [1989]: Fossey, John M. and Jacques Morin. ‘The Khostia Project: Excavation and Survey’, Fossey et al. [1989] 165-174., '', pg. 166.

7. Fossey et al.[1989]: Fossey, John M., Jacques Morin (eds.). Boeotia Antiqua I; Papers on Recent Work in Boiotian Archaeology and History. J.C. Gieben, Pub., Amsterdam, 1989., '', pg. 165.

8. Heurtley [1923]: Heurtley, W. A.. ‘Notes on Harbours of South Boeotia and Sea-trade between Boeotia and Corinth in Prehistoric Times’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (26), pp. 38-45. 1925., '', pg. 42. Online here.

9. Lebègue [1875]: Lebègue, J.A.. De oppidis et portibus Megaridis ac Boeotiae in Corinthiaci sinus littore sitis. Paris. 1875, '', pg. 107. Online here.

10. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 44 Chorsiai', pg. 76. Online here.

11. 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., 'G 36 Chorsiai', pg. 250. Online here.