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Kastria (Cave of the Lakes)

PKC673
TITLEKastria (Cave of the Lakes)
WGS84 37.960787° N, 22.14053° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 37.960787, 22.14053
LON/LAT 22.14053, 37.960787

DMS 37° 57' 38.8332" N,22° 8' 25.908" E

W3Wfortress, mitigates, monitor
UTM34 S, 600190, 4202078
EGSA87 336500, 4202807

Elevation m842
Elevation feet 2762.5
RegionAchaea





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Pottery

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Giannopoulos [2008], 72    'Die Grabungen...'
2.    Sherds.   Alexopoulou [2009], 203    'Αναφέρει ότι βρήκε όστρακα ... ' == 'He (Mastrokostas, rhc) states that he found ostraka ... '
3.    Sherds.   Giannopoulos [2008], 72    'Die mykenische Keramik...'
4.    Sherds.   Howell [1970], 97    'Mastrokostas also claims to have found a few Early Helladic I sherds from spherical vessels, ..'
5.    Sherds.   Papadopoulos [1979], 32    'Neolithic and EH sherds were recovered from a small chance excavation near the entrance of a cave by the village of Kastria, ...'
6.    Utensils.   Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2006], 132    


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Neolithic: (6500 BC - 3200 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 32, 'N, EH'

2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 32, 'N, EH'

3. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Howell [1970]: 97, 'Mastrokostas also claims to have found a few Early Helladic I sherds from spherical vessels, ..'
    b.    Alexopoulou [2009]: 203, 'Αναφέρει ότι βρήκε όστρακα που ανήκουν στη Ν και ΠΕ Ι και ΙΙ περιόδους.' == 'He (Mastrokostas/RHC) states that he found ostraka belonging to the periods N, EH I and EH II.'

4. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Alexopoulou [2009]: 203, 'Αναφέρει ότι βρήκε όστρακα που ανήκουν στη Ν και ΠΕ Ι και ΙΙ περιόδους.' == 'He (Mastrokostas/RHC) states that he found ostraka belonging to the periods N, EH I and EH II.'

5. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2006]: 132, '..late Middle Helladic period ..'

6. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Alexopoulou [2009]: 203, 'και ο Φ. Πέτσας, η οποία απέδωσε όστρακα ΥΕ εποχής ... ' == ' ... and Ph. Petsas, also found ostraka of the Later Helladic ... '

7. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Giannopoulos [2008]: 72, 'Die mykenische Keramik der SH I Zeit (Phase VI), die aus 72 Scherben besteht, ...'

8. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Giannopoulos [2008]: 72, '...stieß man auch auf SH III-zeitliche Keramik ..., '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Giannopoulos [2008]:  Giannopoulos, T.. Die Letzte Elite der mykenischen Welt: Achaia in mykenischer Zeit und das Phänomen der Kriegerbestattungen im 12.-11. Jahrhundert v. Chr.. Bonn: Habelt. 2008., 'Kastria (Höhle der Seen ["Spilaion Limnon"])', pg. 72.

2.  Howell [1970]:  Howell, R.. ‘A Survey of Eastern Arcadia in Prehistory’, The Annual of the British School at Athens. 65. November, 1970. 79-127., '39. Kastria', pg. 97. Online here.

3.  Papadopoulos [1979]:  Papadopoulos, Thanasis J.. Mycenaean Achaea; Part 1: Text. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden. 1979. Vol 1., '47. Kastria', pg. 32.

4.  Papazoglou-Manioudaki [2006]:  Papazoglou-Manioudaki, Lena. ‘The Middle Helladic and Late Helladic I Periods at Aigion in Achaea’, Philippa-Touchais et al. [2006], 'The Middle Helladic Pottery', pg. 132. '.. in the Cave of the Lakes at Kastria in Achaea.'
Online here.

5.  Alexopoulou [2009]:  Αλεξοπούλου, Γεωργία Ζ. . Σύμβολή στην Αρχαιολογιά και τοπογραφία της Αζανίας (Βόρειας Αρκαδίας) Επαρχία Καλαβρύτων. Patra 2009, 'α/α 140 ... Τρυπήσιο, ή Σπήλαιο των Καστριών, ή Σπήλαιο των Λιμνών', pg. 202.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C673 is at 38.18005° N, 22.21641° E, a straight-line distance of 25 km and 298 m.