Site details

Kastri tou Psellou

PK	C7308
TITLE	Kastri tou Psellou
WGS84	38.218315° N, 25.974492° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	38.218315, 25.974492
LON/LAT	25.974492, 38.218315

DMS

38° 13' 5.934" N

25° 58' 28.1712" E

W3W	objections, trampolines, donate
UTM	35 S, 410229.57, 4230535.02
EGSA87	672700, 4231593

Elevation m	266
Elevation feet	872.7
Region	NE Aegean
Subregion	Chios

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Hood [1981], 7    'While some of the pottery on the hill looks Classical, much of it is certainly prehistoric, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Hood [1981]: 7, 'Most of the prehistoric sherds with any recognisable character seemed to be of Early Bronze Age types reminiscent of Emporio V-IV; ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Hood [1981]: 7, ' ...; but one plain base looked Mycenaean, ... '

3. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Hood [1981]: 7, ' ..., and a fragment of pithos had a pair of hollow ribs like some lat Bronze Age pithoi from Emporio ... '

NOTE

1. I have placed the marker on top of the hill but much of the discussion in Hood [1938] is about the area around the deserted town of Managros which is just below and on the north side.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Hood [1981]: Hood, Sinclair. Prehistoric Emporio and Ayio Gala: Excavations in Chios 1938-1955, Volume 1. British School at Athens, Thames and Hudson Manuals (Book 15). 1982., '6. Piryi: Kastri tou Psellou', pg. 5. Online here.