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Astros: Kastro

PK	C874
TITLE	Astros: Kastro
WGS84	37.418437° N, 22.767855° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	37.418437, 22.767855
LON/LAT	22.767855, 37.418437

DMS

37° 25' 6.3732" N

22° 46' 4.278" E

W3W	degradation, defender, cheapen
UTM	34 S, 656437.2, 4142759.33
EGSA87	390821, 4141717

Elevation m	56
Elevation feet	183.7
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AA [1927], 365
2.    Artifacts.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1104
3.    Artifacts.   AA [1927], 365
4.    Artifacts.   Phaklaris [1990], 134
5.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 48    'On the W side of the acropolis Wrede found a MH and PG cemetery and on the SW side a few sherds.'
6.    Cem.   Ålin [1962], 74    'Auf der Südkuppe des Hügels fand Wrede 1926 ... am Westhang eine Nekropole aus MH und PG Zeit.'
7.    Cem.   Laconia II, 131    'On the west side of the acropolis Wrede found a M.H. and Protogeometric cemetery, ...'
8.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 48    'On the W side of the acropolis Wrede found a MH and PG cemetery and on the SW side a few sherds.'
9.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 74    'Auf der Südkuppe des Hügels fand Wrede 1926 ein mykenisches Scherbenfeld ... '
10.    Sherds.   Laconia II, 131    '...and on the south-west side a sprinkling of Mycenaean pottery.'
11.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 26    'A few Mycenaean sherds were found on the southwest side of the hill, and burials ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 26, ' ..., and burials of the Middle Helladic ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 48, '...Wrede found a MH and PG cemetery ...'
    c.    Laconia II: 131, '...a M.H. and Protogeometric cemetery, ...'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 74, ' ... aus MH und PG Zeit.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 26, 'A few Mycenaean sherds were found on the southwest side of the hill, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 48, '...Wrede found a MH and PG cemetery ...'
    c.    Laconia II: 131, '...a sprinkling of Mycenaean pottery.'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 74, ' ... mykenisches ... '

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Phaklaris [1990]: 134,
    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1104,

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Phaklaris [1990]: 134,
    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1104,

5. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Phaklaris [1990]: 134,
    b.    AA [1927]: 365,
    c.    Laconia II: 131, '...a M.H. and Protogeometric cemetery, ...'
    d.    AA [1927]: 365,
    e.    Ålin [1962]: 74, ' ... aus MH und PG Zeit.'

6. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Phaklaris [1990]: 134,

NOTE

1.

Simpson [1981] 26, says Sherds on the SW side of the hill and the Graves on the W side.
Ålin [1962] 74 says Sherds on the South dome or knoll (Südkuppe) and the Nekropolis on the W slope (Westhang).
Laconia II, 131 says Sherds on the south-west side and the Cemetery on the 'west side of the acropolis'.

I'm assuming that the castle of Astros (F5454) is the same as Ålin's South dome (Südkuppe) and that puts the sherds at about 37.418143° N, 22.767231° E. Then the nekropolis should be at about 37.418253° N, 22.766450° E. I have used the lat/lon pair for the sherds as the position of my marker for 'Astros'.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AA [1927]: Archaeologischer Anzeiger: Beiblatt zum Jahrbuch des Deutschen archäologischen Instituts, Berlin. 1927, '', pg. 365.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Astros', pg. 74.

3. Phaklaris [1990]: Phaklaris, Panagiotis B.. Archaia Kynouria: Anthropine drasterioteta kai periballon. Ekdose tou Tameiou Archaiologikon Poron kai Apallotrioseon. 1990., '', pg. 134. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 22 Astros: Kastro', pg. 26. Online here.

5. 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., 'A 16 Astros: Kastro', pg. 48. Online here.

6. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1104.

7. Laconia II: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 56, pp. 114-175, 1961, 'Astros', pg. 131. Online here.