Kandia: Kastro
| PK | C870 |
| TITLE | Kandia: Kastro |
| WGS84 | 37.531116° N, 22.962638° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.531116, 22.962638 |
| LON/LAT | 22.962638, 37.531116 |
| DMS | 37° 31' 52.0176" N | , | 22° 57' 45.4968" E |
| W3W | starker, upright, numbing |
| UTM | 34 S, 673415, 4155603 |
| EGSA87 | 408195, 4154011 |
| Elevation m | 43 |
| Elevation feet | 141.1 |
| Region | Argolid |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Fort. Foley [1988], 182 'Ålin reports that part of the fortification dates to the MH period but its main period of construction is the LHIII.'2. hab. Syriopoulos [1983], 264
3. hab. Syriopoulos [1995], 1109
4. hab. Syriopoulos [1995], 1197
5. Settlement. Rahmstorf [2014], 188 'The small steep hill ('acropolis') with a chapel of Aghia Eleousa bears a Late Helladic (LH) III fortification wall and Mycenaean habitation levels beside Early Helladic (EH) and Middle Helladic (MH), Geometric, Late Hellenistic and Roman remains.'
6. Settlement. Simpson [1981], 26 'The Mycenaean settlement spread over the summit and also over the steep southern terraces.'
7. Settlement. Ålin [1962], 49 'Besiedlung'
8. Settlement. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 50 ' ... it does not seem to have been a large or important settlement, ... '
9. Wall. Simpson and Hagel [2006], 41 'The summmit was enclosed by a Cyclopean wall, for which a LH IIIB date is most likely, ...'
10. Wall. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 50 ' ... remains of fine Cyclopean walls, ... '
SITE SIZE
- Simpson and Dickinson [1979] p. 50, Size: 4000 sq. m. 'The tiny acropolis hill (top surface c. 80 m. E-W by 50 m.), ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Rahmstorf [2014]: 188, 'Of the various phases, EH III and early MH, as well as LH III are well documented through pottery finds ...'
b. Ålin [1962]: 49, 'FH, MH, SH und G Zeit.'
2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 26, 'Material from trial excavations indicates continuous habitation from the EH II period ...'
b. Foley [1988]: 182, 'EHII-III MH LHI-IIIC ...'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 49, ' ... continuous habitation from EH II ... '
3. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 26, 'Material from trial excavations indicates continuous habitation from the EH II period ...'
b. Rahmstorf [2014]: 188, 'Of the various phases, EH III and early MH, as well as LH III are well documented through pottery finds ...'
c. Foley [1988]: 182, 'EHII-III MH LHI-IIIC ...'
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 49, 'EH II-III MH LH I/II-IIIC G ... '
4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 26, 'Fine Middle Helladic and Mycenaean sherds, especially LH IIIB, are abundant on the upper terraces ...'
b. Rahmstorf [2014]: 188, 'Of the various phases, EH III and early MH, as well as LH III are well documented through pottery finds ...'
c. Ålin [1962]: 49, 'FH, MH, SH und G Zeit.'
d. Foley [1988]: 182, 'EHII-III MH LHI-IIIC ...'
e. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 49, 'EH II-III MH LH I/II-IIIC G ... '
5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Ålin [1962]: 49, 'FH, MH, SH und G Zeit.'
6. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 26, 'Fine Middle Helladic and Mycenaean sherds, especially LH IIIB, are abundant on the upper terraces ...'
b. Foley [1988]: 182, 'EHII-III MH LHI-IIIC ...'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 49, 'EH II-III MH LH I/II-IIIC G ... '
7. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 26, 'Fine Middle Helladic and Mycenaean sherds, especially LH IIIB, are abundant on the upper terraces ...'
b. Foley [1988]: 182, 'EHII-III MH LHI-IIIC ...'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 49, 'EH II-III MH LH I/II-IIIC G ... '
8. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Rahmstorf [2014]: 188, 'Of the various phases, EH III and early MH, as well as LH III are well documented through pottery finds ...'
9. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 26, 'Fine Middle Helladic and Mycenaean sherds, especially LH IIIB, are abundant on the upper terraces ...'
b. Foley [1988]: 182, 'EHII-III MH LHI-IIIC ...'
c. Syriopoulos [1983]: 264,
d. Syriopoulos [1995]: 1109,
e. Syriopoulos [1995]: 1197,
f. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 49, 'EH II-III MH LH I/II-IIIC G ... '
10. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 26, 'Fine Middle Helladic and Mycenaean sherds, especially LH IIIB, are abundant on the upper terraces ...'
b. Ålin [1962]: 49, 'Ein typischer Skyphos im Metopenstil in dem Museum von Nafplion sichert die Besiedlung für IIIB, ...'
c. Foley [1988]: 182, 'EHII-III MH LHI-IIIC ...'
d. Simpson and Hagel [2006]: 40, 'The summmit was enclosed by a Cyclopean wall, for which a LH IIIB date is most likely, and suggested also by the LH IIIB sherds both abundant and predominant on the surface here.'
e. Syriopoulos [1983]: 264,
f. Syriopoulos [1995]: 1109,
g. Syriopoulos [1995]: 1197,
h. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 50, ' ... walls, which have been attributed both to LH IIIB and to G ... '
11. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 26, 'Fine Middle Helladic and Mycenaean sherds, especially LH IIIB, are abundant on the upper terraces ...'
b. Foley [1988]: 182, 'EHII-III MH LHI-IIIC ...'
c. Syriopoulos [1983]: 264,
d. Syriopoulos [1995]: 1197,
e. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 49, ' .... to advanced LH IIIC; ... '
12. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Syriopoulos [1983]: 264,
b. Syriopoulos [1995]: 1197,
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 50, ' ... walls, which have been attributed both to LH IIIB and to G ... '
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Kandia', pg. 49.
2. 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., '44. Kandia', pg. 182.
3. Rahmstorf [2014]: Rahmstorf, Lorenz. . ‘A 'wall bracket' from Kandia in the Argolid: notes on the local character and function of an 'east Mediterranean' artefact of the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age’, Galanakis [2014] pp. 187-195, 2014, 'The settlement of Kandia in the Argolid, Greece', pg. 188.
4. Simpson and Hagel [2006]: Simpson, R. Hope and D.K. Hagel. Mycenaean Fortifications, Highways, Dams and Canals. SIMA vol. 133. Paul Åströms Förlag. Sävedalen, Sweden. 2006., 'Kandia: Kastro', pg. 40.
5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 25 Kandia: Kastro', pg. 26.
Online here.
6. 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 21 Kandia: Kastro', pg. 49.
Online here.
7. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1109.
8. Syriopoulos [1983]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Eisagoge eis ten archaian elleniken Istorian. Oi Metabatikoi Chronoi Apo tes Mykenaikes eis ten Archaiken Periodon 1200-700 pch. Vol. 1. Athens. 1983., '', pg. 264.