Site details

Kastelli of Las

PK	C5283
TITLE	Kastelli of Las
WGS84	36.478079° N, 23.067617° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.478079, 23.067617
LON/LAT	23.067617, 36.478079

DMS

36° 28' 41.0844" N

23° 4' 3.4212" E

W3W	milling, mission, inspect
UTM	34 S, 685230, 4038964
EGSA87	416326, 4037092

Elevation m	8
Elevation feet	26.2
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Zavvou [2012], 25    'The site seems to be the most important centre of the area since there is continuous habitation throughout the Middle and Late Bronze Age.'
2.    Lithics.   Gallou [2008], 298    ' ... as well as flakes and blades of obsidian and chert.'
3.    Pottery.   Gallou [2008], 297    ' ..., prehistoric pottery has been identified ... '
4.    Sherds.   Gallou [2008], 298    'Zavvou (2002, 216) reported worn prehistoric ssherds among them one handmade.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Gallou [2008]: 298, 'My fieldwalk in the area has resulted in the identification of EBA and LBA pottery ... '

2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Zavvou [2012]: 24, 'EH sherds, some of them with micaceus inclusions, and obsidian tools were found ...'
    b.    Gallou [2008]: 298, 'Varoucha-Christodoulopoulou (1964,14) identified the pottery from the site as EH ... '

3. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Zavvou [2012]: 25, '...there is continuous habitation throughout the Middle and Late Bronze Age.'

4. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Zavvou [2012]: 25, '...there is continuous habitation throughout the Middle and Late Bronze Age.'
    b.    Gallou [2008]: 298, 'My fieldwalk in the area has resulted in the identification of EBA and LBA pottery ... '

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Gallou [2008]: 298, ' ... identified the pottery from the site as EH and LH IIIB ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Gallou et al. [2008]: Gallou, C., M. Georgiadis, G.M. Muskett (eds.). Dioskouroi; Studies presented to W.G. Cavanagh and C.B. Mee on the anniversary of their 30-year joint contribution to Aegean Archaeology. BAR International Series 1889. Archaeopress, Oxford, England. 2008., '',

2. Gallou [2008]: Gallou, Chrysanthi. ‘'Between Scylla And Charybdis': The Archaeology of Mycenaean Vatika on the Malea Peninsula’, In Gallou et al. [2008] pp. 292-321, '' ..., prehistoric pottery has been identified ... '', pg. 297. Online here.

3. Zavvou [2012]: Zavvou, Eleni. ‘Early Helladic Laconia after the time of H. Waterhouse and R. Hope Simpson’, Pharos (18:1), 1-37, 2012., 'Las Kastelli', pg. 24. Online here.