Site details

Katastari: Eleos

PK	C574
TITLE	Katastari: Eleos
WGS84	37.839773° N, 20.767706° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	37.839773, 20.767706
LON/LAT	20.767706, 37.839773

DMS

37° 50' 23.1828" N

20° 46' 3.7416" E

W3W	clambered, fences, flapper
UTM	34 S, 479561, 4188063
EGSA87	215409, 4192675

Elevation m	2
Elevation feet	6.6
Region	Ionian Islands
Subregion	Zakynthos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   BSA [1931], 218
2.    Pottery.   Simpson [1981], 155    'Mycenaean pottery, of fine quality, probably of the LH IIIB period, was found in a well on the property of Eleos, in low ground near the road from Katastari to the sea.'
3.    Pottery.   Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999], 122    'The well was 'full of pottery about four spans down', but only one pot, a nearly complete juglet (Z25), is reported to have come from the well itself. The rest of the published Mycenaean pottery sherds ... were found either around the mouth of the well or at a depth of 1m below the surface south-west of the modern house in the vicinity of the well.'
4.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 193    'Good LH III(B?) pottery was found in a well'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 122, 'The datable pottery can be assigned to LH IIIA and LH IIIB, and most may not be earlier than LH IIIA2.'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 155, '..pottery .. probably of the LH IIIB period ...'
    b.    Souyoudzoglou-Haywood [1999]: 122, 'The datable pottery can be assigned to LH IIIA and LH IIIB, and most may not be earlier than LH IIIA2.'
    c.    BSA [1931]: 218,
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 193, 'Good LH III(B?) pottery ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BSA [1931]: Annual of the British School at Athens, Athens, Greece. (32) 1931/1932., '', pg. 218. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'G 9 Katastari: Eleos', pg. 155. Online here.

3. 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 37 Zakynthos: Katastari: Eleos', pg. 192. Online here.

4. 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. , 'Katastari (Eleos property)(62)', pg. 122. Online here.