Site details

Palaiokastro Vatika

PK	C6747
TITLE	Palaiokastro Vatika
WGS84	36.489671° N, 23.065495° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	36.489671, 23.065495
LON/LAT	23.065495, 36.489671

DMS

36° 29' 22.8156" N

23° 3' 55.782" E

W3W	crumpet, raven, temples
UTM	34 S, 685012.35, 4040245.99
EGSA87	416149, 4038380

Elevation m	25
Elevation feet	82
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Ålin [1962], 96    'Nach Waterhouse stammen einige Schmuckgegenstände im Ashmolean Museum von hier, u.a. ein Ring und einige Siegel.'
2.    Artifacts.   Waterhouse [1956], 170    Footnote 13: 'Palaiokastro: this was given as the provenience of a group of two seals, a ring, and four beads, purchased by Sir Arthur Evans ... '
3.    Lithics.   Gallou [2008], 297    ' ..., pieces of obsidian and chert, and stone tools including a large quern of greyish-whitish stone ... '
4.    Settlement.   Gallou [2008], 297    'An important Mycenaean settlement ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Gallou [2008]: 297, 'I identified large numbers of EBA, MBA and LBA sherds, ... '

2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Gallou [2008]: 297, 'I identified large numbers of EBA, MBA and LBA sherds, ... '

3. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Gallou [2008]: 297, 'I identified large numbers of EBA, MBA and LBA sherds, ... '

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 96, 'Sie werden in SH III datiert.'
    b.    Waterhouse [1956]: , 'L.H. III', 'Beads, ring, and seals in Ashmolean'

NOTE

1. I have placed this marker on the promontory to the W of the town. No other locational information is given.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Palaiokastro Vatika', pg. 96.

2. 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., '',

3. 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, ''An important Mycenaean settlement occupied the small peninsula of Palaiokastro, ... '', pg. 297. Online here.

4. Waterhouse [1956]: Waterhouse, Helen. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: A Note’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (51) 168-171. 1956., 'Chronological Table: Palaiokastro Vatika', pg. 170. Online here.