Site details

Gynaikokastro or Palaiogynaikokastro

PK	C7335
TITLE	Gynaikokastro or Palaiogynaikokastro
WGS84	40.942466° N, 22.741543° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.942466, 22.741543
LON/LAT	22.741543, 40.942466

DMS

40° 56' 32.8776" N

22° 44' 29.5548" E

W3W	amazement, grainy, invented
UTM	34 T, 646596.95, 4533830.5
EGSA87	393919, 4532847

Elevation m	166
Elevation feet	544.6
Region	Macedonia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'Type: Necropolis'
2.    Sherds.   French [1967], 59    'Misc - ? Prehistoric : 1-3'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Prehistoric: (4000 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 59, 'Misc - ? Prehistoric : 1-3'

2. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 59, 'IA & later including Medieval gl.: 4-27'

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From SM/EPG to EG/MG'

4. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From SM/EPG to EG/MG'

5. Early Geometric: (900 BC - 850 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From SM/EPG to EG/MG'

6. Middle Geometric: (850 BC - 760 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From SM/EPG to EG/MG'

NOTES

1. The relevant Aristeia Project pages for Palaigynaikokastro are here and here.

2. The Mycenaean Atlas Project would like to thank Dr. Stratos Nanoglou of the University of Thessalonika for making available a copy of French [1967] which would have been otherwise difficult to obtain.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. French [1967]: French, D.H.. Index of Prehistoric Sites in Central Macedonia and Catalogue of Sherd Material in The University of Thessaloniki. Athens, 'Gynaikokastro (Avret Hissar) G 2', pg. 13.

2. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander . Η Κοινωνική Αρχαιολογία του Ελληνικού Κόσμου κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου και την Πρώιμη Αρχαϊκή περίοδο (The Aristeia Project: The Social Archeology of the Greek World during the Early Iron Age and the Early Archaic period), 'Palaiogynaikokastro (or Palaio Gynaikokastro)', Online here.