PKey Report
PKC811
TITLEKastron Lykovouni: Harma
WGS84 38.388333° N, 23.487222° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 38.388333, 23.487222
LON/LAT 23.487222, 38.388333

DMS 38° 23' 17.9988" N,23° 29' 13.9992" E

W3Woutsize, resemble, coyness
UTM34 S, 717230.66, 4251831.8
EGSA87 455069, 4248740

Elevation m297
Elevation feet 974.4
RegionBoeotia







GENERAL SITE TYPE  Pottery

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 247    'It is likely that the LH site was small in extent, ...'

2.    Lithics.   Simpson [1965], 126    'But obsidian was noted, ... '

3.    Lithics.   Farinetti [2011 AI14], 19    ' Near the top some LH III sherds and obsidian chips were noticed [AE308].'

4.    Pottery.   Simpson [1965], 126    'The Mycenaean pottery was mostly found on the west and south slope, facing Thebes.'

5.    Settlement.   Fossey [1988], 85    'This Kastron ... is, as its name implies, the akropolis of an ancient settlement.'

6.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 72    'The Mycenaean settlement was probably small, perhaps only 150 m. by 100 m., and confined to the higher south end of the hill.'

7.    Sherds.   Farinetti [2011 AI14], 19    'Near the top some LH III sherds and obsidian chips were noticed [AE308].'

8.    Sherds.   Simpson [1965], 126    ' ..., and a few LH IIIA-B sherds of normal type.'

9.    Wall.   Simpson [1965], 126    'The extensive summit ... is criss-crossed by ancient wall foundations of rough polygonal blocks, ... '. ' ... remains of a circuit wall made of large blocks, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Fossey [1988]  p. 86,  Size: 7500 sq. m.  'The area ... measuring c. 100m East-West x c. 75m North-South'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 247,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  '...small in extent, perhaps only c. 150 m. N-S by 100 m., at the higher S end of the hill.'

- Simpson [1981]  p. 72,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  '...perhaps only 150 m. by 100 m...'



PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Helladic: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)

    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI14]: 18, Component TA_99

    b.    Fossey [1988]: 88, 'EH, LH III A-B, Geometric, ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)

    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI14]: 18, Component TA_100

3. Late Helladic III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)

    a.    Farinetti [2011 AI14]: 19, 'Prehistoric material is also reported from the site, mainly from the S end of the hill. Near the top some LH III sherds and obsidian chips were noticed'

4. Late Helladic IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)

    a.    Fossey [1988]: 85, 'EH, LH III A-B, Geometric, ... '

    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 247, 'LH III(A-B) C H'

    c.    Simpson [1965]: 119, 'But obsidian was noted, and a few LH IIIA-B sherds of normal type.'

    d.    Simpson [1981]: 72, 'LH III(A-B) C H'

5. Late Helladic IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)

    a.    Fossey [1988]: 85, 'EH, LH III A-B, Geometric, ... '

    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 247, 'LH III(A-B) C H'

    c.    Simpson [1965]: 119, 'But obsidian was noted, and a few LH IIIA-B sherds of normal type.'

    d.    Simpson [1981]: 72, 'LH III(A-B) C H'

6. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)

    a.    Fossey [1988]: 85, 'EH, LH III A-B, Geometric, ... '


NOTE

1.  See the useful bibliography in Fossey [1988] pp. 85-6 and the sketch map of the Kastron on 87, Fig. 9.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Farinetti [2011 AI14]:  Farinetti, Emeri. Boeotian Landscapes; A GIS-based study ... Appendix I.14; The Tanagra plain and Eastern Boeotia. British Archaeological Reports, no. 2195. 2011., '52/53. Kastron Lykovouni (ancient HARMA?): Components TA_ 99 to TA_104 (52); TA_105 and TA_106 (53)', pg. 18. Specifically components TA_99 and TA_100

2.  Fossey [1988]:  Fossey, John M.. Topography and Population of Ancient Boiotia. Ares publishers Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988., '17. Lykovouni (Kastron) - Harma; The Site', pg. 85.

3.  Simpson [1965]:  Simpson, R. Hope. A Gazetteer and Atlas of Mycenaean Sites. London, Institute of Classical Studies, 1965., ''428 Kastri (Lykovouno)'', pg. 126.

4.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'C 25 Kastri (Lykovouno)', pg. 72. 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., 'G 27 Kastri (Lykovouno)', pg. 247. Online here.