Site details

Zakynthos: Kastro

PK	C571
TITLE	Zakynthos: Kastro
WGS84	37.788378° N, 20.890925° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.788378, 20.890925
LON/LAT	20.890925, 37.788378

DMS

37° 47' 18.1608" N

20° 53' 27.33" E

W3W	falsify, trachea, offered
UTM	34 S, 490396, 4182341
EGSA87	226065, 4186602

Elevation m	174
Elevation feet	570.9
Region	Ionian Islands
Subregion	Zakynthos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 121    'In 1953 Zapfe collected flint tools ... at a site about 50m above sea level.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 155    'Sherds from the Kastro ... include one definitely Mycenaean, with remains of two painted bands on the exterior, and some coarse ware which appears to be Bronze Age.'
3.    Sherds.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 121    'In 1953 Zapfe collected flint tools and coarse pottery at a site about 50m above sea level.'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 192    'One LH sherd with remains of two bands on the exterior ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 121, '..some of the sherds are today in the British School at Athens. They have been attributed to the Bronze Age and one to the LBA.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 192, ' ..., and some coarse ware on the surface appears to be BA.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 192, 'One LH sherd with remains of two bands on the exterior ... '

3. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 121, '..some of the sherds are today in the British School at Athens. They have been attributed to the Bronze Age and one to the LBA.'

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 155, 'LH (III?)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 192, 'LH (III?) A'

5. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 192, 'LH (III?) A'

NOTE

1. Simpson and Dickinson [1979] 192, 'E 35' say "The castle of Zakynthos, ..., was presumably a LH centre also."

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 7 Zakynthos: Kastro', pg. 155. Online here.

2. 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., 'E 35 Zakynthos: Kastro', pg. 192. Online here.

3. Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: Souyoudzoglou-Haywood, Christina. The Ionian Islands in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age; 3000-800 B.C.. Liverpool University Press. 1999. , 'Kastro (54)', pg. 121. Online here.