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Palaikastro (Kastro tou Karakasi) (Ancient Eileoi)

PK	C1066
TITLE	Palaikastro (Kastro tou Karakasi) (Ancient Eileoi)
WGS84	37.465312° N, 23.277014° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.465312, 23.277014
LON/LAT	23.277014, 37.465312

DMS

37° 27' 55.1232" N

23° 16' 37.2504" E

W3W	storybooks, screeching, scraping
UTM	34 S, 701372, 4148928
EGSA87	435916, 4146451

Elevation m	323
Elevation feet	1059.7
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Acropolis.   Ålin [1962], 52    'Unterhalb der antiken Akropolis, die vielleicht auch in prähistorischer Zeit als solche diente, fand Philadelpheus 1909 viele Kistengräber mit spätmykenischen Vasen.'
2.    Acropolis.   Foley [1988], 178    'The LH remains include tombs and vases found below the ancient acropolis ...'
3.    Settlement.   Jameson et al. [1994], 519    'The site is a small fortified settlement laid out around a small limestone peak ..'
4.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 31    'It is, however, unlikely that the prehistoric settlement occupied the whole area enclosed by the historic circuit walls.'
5.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 58    'Some LH III sherds on the S slopes of the hill demonstrate LH settlement, ... '
6.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 31    'Some LH III sherds found on the south slopes of the hill in 1959 probably demonstrate a Mycenaean settlement here, ...'
7.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 58    'The cist tombs at the S foot of the hill ... '
8.    Wall.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 58    'The circuit walls ... enclose an exteent c 350 m. N-S by 150 m.'

SITE SIZE

- Jameson et al. [1994]  p. 519,  Size: 17000 sq. m.  'Ca.1.7 ha (large); ...'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 58,  Size: 52500 sq. m.  'The circuit walls ... enclose an exteent c 350 m. N-S by 150 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Jameson et al. [1994]: 519, 1 EH sherd out of 38 collected.

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 31, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    Foley [1988]: 178, 'EHII MH LHIII A? ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 57, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B) ... '

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 31, '.. and Middle Helladic Grey Minyan and Matt-painted sherds are also attested ...'
    b.    Foley [1988]: 178, 'EHII MH LHIII A? ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 58, 'The cist tombs at the S foot of the hill were attributed to LH III, but MH seems more likely; ... ', ' ... and Grey Minyan and Matt-painted are attested ... '

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Jameson et al. [1994]: 519, '(LH)', 1 LH sherd.
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 52, '... mit spätmykenischen Vasen.'

5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Foley [1988]: 178, 'EHII MH LHIII A? ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 58, 'The cist tombs at the S foot of the hill were attributed to LH III, ... '
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 31, Some LH III sherds found on the south slopes of this hill in 1959 probably demonstrate a Mycenaean settlement here, ...

6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 31, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 57, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B) ... '

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 31, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B) C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 57, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B) ... '

8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 31, 'EH II MH LH III(A-B) C H'

9. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Foley [1988]: 178, 'EHII MH LHIII A? ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Karakasi', pg. 52. Karakasi, ein Ort in der Nähe von Ermioni.

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., '24. Eileoi (Karakasi)', pg. 178. But Foley has this in the wrong place. It is not 400 m. N of Iliokastro but a little over 2 km.

3. Jameson et al. [1994]: Jameson, Michael H, Curtis N. Runnels, Tjeerd H. van Andel. A Greek Countryside; The Southern Argolid from Prehistory to the Present Day. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California. 1994., 'G2. Palaiokastro (Kastro tou Karakasi).', pg. 519.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 42 Eileoi: Iliokastro (Ancient Eileoi)', pg. 31. 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 42 Eileoi: Iliokastro (Ancient Eileoi)', pg. 57. Online here.