Site details

Kasarma

PK	C865
TITLE	Kasarma
WGS84	37.596766° N, 22.942253° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.596766, 22.942253
LON/LAT	22.942253, 37.596766

DMS

37° 35' 48.3576" N

22° 56' 32.1108" E

W3W	sheets, contentious, alligators
UTM	34 S, 671463, 4162850
EGSA87	406476, 4161315

Elevation m	280
Elevation feet	918.6
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Fort.   Ålin [1962], 51    'Kasarma, eine Festungsruine ... '
2.    Pottery.   AJA[1939], 83    'Mycenaean pottery is reported from this site.',
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 27    'The hill is strewn with Classical and Hellenistic sherds, but Mycenaean and earlier sherds have also been found, and in 1961 fine quality Middle Helladic and LH IIIA-B deep bowl and kylix fragments were found, the latter extending over most of the summit and also the upper slopes on the south side ...'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 51    ' ..., but MH and LH sherds are also abundant on the summit and upper S slopes, ... '
5.    Sherds.   Foley [1988], 183    'The remains of the Mycenaean period include the famous bridge, building foundations and sherds.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 51,  Size: 19500 sq. m.  ' ..., over an extent c. 150 m. N-S by 130 m., ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 27, 'EH II MH LH IIA-IIIB ...'
    b.    Foley [1988]: 183, 'EHII MH LHI-IIIC PG C H'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 27, 'EH II MH LH IIA-IIIB ...'
    b.    Foley [1988]: 183, 'EHII MH LHI-IIIC PG C H'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 51, ' ..., but MH and LH sherds are also abundant ... '

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AJA[1939]: 83, 'Mycenaean pottery is reported from this site.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 51, 'Die Grundmauern der Anlage zeigen mykenische Bautechnik, und mykenische Scherben sind sowohl bei der Festung als auch etwas südlich davon gefunden worden.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 51, ' ..., but MH and LH sherds are also abundant ... '

4. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Foley [1988]: 183, 'EHII MH LHI-IIIC PG C H'

5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Foley [1988]: 183, 'EHII MH LHI-IIIC PG C H'

6. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 27, 'EH II MH LH IIA-IIIB ...'

7. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 27, 'EH II MH LH IIA-IIIB ...'

8. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 27, 'EH II MH LH IIA-IIIB ...'
    b.    Foley [1988]: 183, 'EHII MH LHI-IIIC PG C H'

9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 27, 'EH II MH LH IIA-IIIB ...'
    b.    Foley [1988]: 183, 'EHII MH LHI-IIIC PG C H'

10. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Foley [1988]: 183, 'EHII MH LHI-IIIC PG C H'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AJA[1939]: American Journal of Archaeology, Journal of the Archaeological Institute of America. Vol. 43, 1939., '', pg. 83. Online here.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Kasarma', pg. 51.

3. Foley [1988]: Foley, Anne. The Argolid 800-600 B.C.: An Archaeological Survey : Together with an Index of Sites from the Neolithic to the Roman Period. Göteborg : P. Åströms Förlag, 1988., '49. Kazarma', pg. 183.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 28 Ayios Ioannis: Kasarma', pg. 27. Online here.

5. 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., 'A 25 Ayios Ioannis: Kazarma', pg. 51. Online here.