Site details

Pellanes: Kastro

PK	C1125
TITLE	Pellanes: Kastro
WGS84	37.208179° N, 22.324373° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.208179, 22.324373
LON/LAT	22.324373, 37.208179

DMS

37° 12' 29.4444" N

22° 19' 27.7428" E

W3W	hallmarks, devices, contractors
UTM	34 S, 617518, 4118788
EGSA87	351162, 4118994

Elevation m	362
Elevation feet	1187.7
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Laconia II, 125    'The site of Pellana is undoubtedly at Kalyvia-Pellanes (the Kalyvia of Georghitsi, now called Kastania), and it was surely centred on the hill of Palaiokastro, where there are remains of a small medieval fort ...'
2.    hab.   Kelder [2012], 1    'During the Mycenaean period (...), Pellana reached its zenith and must have been a center of considerable importance.'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 109    'The settlement was apparently at Palaiokastro about 700 m. to the south, ...'
4.    Settlement.   Banou [1996], 42    '..., wichtigen mykenischen Siedlung bilden sollen ...'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 123    'A few LH III sherds were found within the mediaeval walls of the Kastro, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 125, 'One or two pieces of handmade pottery may be E.H.'
    b.    Banou [1996]: 42, 'Wir haben auch zwei Scherben gefunden, die im FH datieren ...'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Kelder [2012]: 1, 'During the Mycenaean period (..), Pellana reached its zenith ...'
    b.    Banou [1996]: 42, '...mykenischen...'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 109, '..where a few LH III sherds were found within the medieaeval castle walls, ...'
    b.    Laconia II: 125, '..and two fragments from L.H. III Kylikes.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 123, 'A few LH III sherds were found ... '

NOTE

1. Pausanias iii. 21. 3

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Banou [1996]: Banou, Emilia. Beitrag zum Studium Lakoniens in der mykenischen Zeit. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg. 1996, '13. Pellana: Palaiokastro', pg. 42.

2. Kelder [2012]: Kelder, Jorrit. ‘Pellana in Lakonia’, Bagnall [2012]., 'Pellana in Lakonia', pg. 1. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 46 Pellanes: Spilies and Palaiokastro', pg. 109. Online here.

4. 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., 'C 56 Pellanes: Palaiokastro', pg. 123. Online here.

5. Laconia II: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 56, pp. 114-175, 1961, 'Pellanes', pg. 125. Online here.