Yialtra: Kastelli
| PK | C1246 |
| TITLE | Yialtra: Kastelli |
| WGS84 | 38.844267° N, 22.971775° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 38.844267, 22.971775 |
| LON/LAT | 22.971775, 38.844267 |
| DMS | 38° 50' 39.3612" N | , | 22° 58' 18.39" E |
| W3W | miniature, hometown, prevail |
| UTM | 34 S, 671120.38, 4301342.15 |
| EGSA87 | 410619, 4299710 |
| Elevation m | 90 |
| Elevation feet | 295.3 |
| Region | Euboea |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab
TYPE
1. Acropolis. Simpson [2018], 246 'Kastelli is a natural acropolis, ... '2. Acropolis. Phialon [2011], 127 'A Ghialtra-Kastelli, le matériel céramique recueilli en surface suggère que l&apo;acropole était occupée de l'HM à l'HR III.'
3. Acropolis. Simpson [1965], 166 'There is a little acropolis hill with a spring at its foot, ... '
4. Artifacts. Hankey [1952], 60 In note 14: 'L.H. sherds and other objects have also been found at the following places in Euboea, ..., Athinai, Dhiades, ... '
5. Building. Simpson [2018], 247 ' ...: there are indeed traces of the foundations of a large building on the top of the hill.'
6. Pottery. Simpson [2018], 247 'The prehistoric pottery is of particularly good quality, ... '
7. Pottery. Simpson [1981], 83 'The prehistoric pottery is of particularly good quality, and the Mycenaean sherds are said to compare well with pottery from Chalkis...'
8. Settlement. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 267 'The total extent of the prehistoric settlement appears to have been ... '
9. Sherds. Simpson [2018], 247 ' ..., but there are extensive slopes on the south and east, thickly covered with sherds.'
10. Sherds. Phialon [2011], 127 'A Ghialtra-Kastelli, le matériel céramique recueilli en surface suggère que l&apo;acropole était occupée de l'HM à l'HR III.'
11. Sherds. Sackett et al. [1966], 38 Many sherds reported
12. Sherds. Simpson [1965], 166 ' ..., there are extensive seaward slopes, covered in sherds of most periods from MH onwards.'
SITE SIZE
- Simpson [1981] p. 83, Size: 3500 sq. m. 'It is a fine natural acropolis with a small summit (about 70 m. north to south by 50 m.)...'
- Simpson and Dickinson [1979] p. 267, Size: 37500 sq. m. 'The total extent of the prehistoric settlement appears to have been c. 250 m. NNW-SSE by 150 m.'
- Simpson [1965] p. 166, Size: 3500 sq. m. 'The top is small (70 m. by 50 m.), but there are extensive seaward slopes, ... '
- Simpson [2018] p. 246, Size: 3500 sq. m. 'The top surface of the hill measures only c 70 m north to south by c. 50 m, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 83, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB(-C?) PG G A? C H'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 267, ' ... EH I-III ... '
2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 83, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB(-C?) PG G A? C H'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 267, ' ... EH I-III ... '
3. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 83, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB(-C?) PG G A? C H'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 267, ' ... EH I-III ... '
4. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 83, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB(-C?) PG G A? C H'
b. Phialon [2011]: 1127, 'HM', Artifacts
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 267, ' ... MH ... '
d. Simpson [2018]: 247, ' ..., especially the MH ... '
5. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Sackett et al. [1966]: 38, '... and the L.H. material compares well with pottery from Chalkis.'
b. Hankey [1952]: 60, 'L.H. sherds and other objects have also been found ...'
c. Simpson [2018]: 245, 'The Mycenaean sherds are said to compare well with those from Chalkis: ... '
6. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 83, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB(-C?) PG G A? C H'
b. Phialon [2011]: 127, 'HR I', Artifacts
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 267, ' ... LH I-IIIB(-C?)'
7. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 83, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB(-C?) PG G A? C H'
b. Phialon [2011]: 127, 'HR II', Artifacts
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 267, ' ... LH I-IIIB(-C?)'
8. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Phialon [2011]: 127, 'HR III', Artifacts
9. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Simpson [1965]: 166, ' ... many sherds of LH IIIA and LH IIIB Kylikes and Deep Bowls have a find lustrous paint.'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 267, ' ... LH I-IIIB(-C?)'
c. Simpson [2018]: 247, ' ... and LH IIIA-B, ... '
10. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 83, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB(-C?) PG G A? C H'
b. Simpson [1965]: 166, ' ... many sherds of LH IIIA and LH IIIB Kylikes and Deep Bowls have a find lustrous paint.'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 267, ' ... LH I-IIIB(-C?)'
d. Simpson [2018]: 247, ' ... and LH IIIA-B, ... '
11. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 83, 'N EH I-III MH LH I-IIIB(-C?) PG G A? C H'
b. Simpson [2018]: 245, ' ..., and one sherd may be LH IIIC ... '
12. LH IIIC1: (1190 BC - 1130 BC)
a. Simpson [1965]: 166, ' ... LH IIIA-C:1'
13. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Sackett et al. [1966]: 37,
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 267, ' ... (Sub)PG G A? ... '
14. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Simpson [1965]: 166, 'Late Geometric and Archaic are common, ... '
b. Sackett et al. [1966]: 37,
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 267, ' ... (Sub)PG G A? ... '
15. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Simpson [1965]: 166, 'Late Geometric and Archaic are common, ... '
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 267, ' ... (Sub)PG G A? ... '
NOTES
1. Strabo, Geography, §10.1.5 says ' ... and Athenae Diades, the latter founded by the Athenians ... ' Dr. Hankey suggests that there are two different archaeological sites.
2. Site location based on the photograph in Simpson [2018] 246, Figure 41A which can be recreated in Google Earth from 38.846799° N, 22.981698° E and looking along an azimuth of 250°.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Hankey [1952]: Hankey, V.. ‘Late Helladic Tombs at Khalkis’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, (47), pp. 49-95. 1952., '', pg. 60.
See Note 14b for mention of Athinai, Dhiades
Online here.
2. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.3.1.11. La côte nord de l'Eubée', pg. 127.
3. Sackett et al. [1966]: Sackett, L.H., and V. Hankey, R.J. Howell, T.W. Jacobsen, M.R. Popham. ‘Prehistoric Euboea: Contributions toward a Survey’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, pp. 33-112, [1966], '3. Yialtra: Kastelli', pg. 37.
Online here.
4. Simpson [1965]: Simpson, R. Hope. A Gazetteer and Atlas of Mycenaean Sites. London, Institute of Classical Studies, 1965., ''559 Kastellli (Gialtra)'', pg. 166.
5. Simpson [2018]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece and Homeric Tradition. published online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 2018, 'Dion (Il.2.538', pg. 245.
Online here.
6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 79 Yialtra: Kastelli', pg. 83.
Online here.
7. 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., 'G 85 Yialtra: Kastelli', pg. 267.
Online here.