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Kandia: Kastro

PKC870
TITLEKandia: 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

W3Wstarker, upright, numbing
UTM34 S, 673415, 4155603
EGSA87 408195, 4154011

Elevation m43
Elevation feet 141.1
RegionArgolid





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.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C870 is at 37.51801° N, 22.96312° E, a straight-line distance of 1 km and 459 m.