Kavousi Kastro
35°06′40″N 25°52′04″E / 35.111076°N 25.867885°E
Kavousi Kastro (also Kastro;
Geometric–Early Orientalizing
phases of occupation (8th to 7th centuries BCE).
History of the site
Investigations by the
Protogeometric (10th century BCE), Geometric (9th-8th centuries BCE) and Orientalizing (7th century BCE) periods, after which the site was abandoned.[2] Its long sequence of continuous occupation and stratified remains of architecture, floor surfaces, fills, and ceramic deposits provide important insights into domestic activities, architecture, and social organization of a community throughout the entire Early Iron Age, but before the transition to larger urban centers in the Archaic period (6th century BCE), such as at nearby Azoria
.
Archaeological research
The site was briefly explored in 1900 by the American archaeologist
Greek Ministry of Culture, were conducted at both Kavousi Kastro and Kavousi Vronda from 1987–1990 and in 1992, followed by site conservation from 1993 to 1996, and study from 1990 to 2003.[5]
Today, select antiquities discovered by the Kavousi Project at Kastro are on display in the Archaeological Museum of Agios Nikolaos and in the Archaeological Collection of Ierapetra. Other artifacts, excavation notebooks, and original drawings and plans, are housed in the Institute for Aegean Prehistory Study Center for East Crete (INSTAP-SCEC) in Pacheia Ammos in eastern Crete.
References
- ^ Boyd 1901; Gesell, Day, and Coulson 1985; Gesell, Day, and Coulson 1992; Haggis 2005, p. 136, site 80.
- ^ Gesell, Day, and Coulson 1992; Gesell, Day, and Coulson 1995; Coulson, Haggis, Mook, and Tobin 1997; Mook and Coulson 1997; Coulson 1998; Mook 1998; Mook 2011.
- ^ Boyd 1901; Coulson 1998.
- ^ Gesell, Day, and Coulson 1985; Gesell, Day, and Coulson 1992, figs. 16.2–4.
- ^ Gesell, Day, and Coulson 1988; Gesell, Coulson, and Day 1991, Gesell, Day, and Coulson 1995; Coulson, Haggis, Mook, and Tobin 1997.
Bibliography
- Boyd, Harriet A. 1901. “Excavations at Kavousi, Crete, in 1900,” American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 5, No. 2. (Apr. - Jun., 1901), pp. 125–157.]
- Coulson, William D.E. 1998. “The Early Iron Age on the Kastro at Kavousi in East Crete,” in Post-Minoan Crete: Proceedings of the First Colloquium on Post-Minoan Crete (British School at Athens Studies 2), pp. 40–44. Athens: British School at Athens. ISBN 0904887294.
- Coulson, William D.E., Donald C. Haggis, Margaret S. Mook, and Jennifer L. Tobin. 1997. “Excavations on the Kastro at Kavousi: An Architectural Overview,” Hesperia Vol. 66, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep., 1997), pp. 315–390.
- Day, Leslie P. 2011. “Appropriating the Past: Early Iron Age Mortuary Practices at Kavousi, Crete,” in The ‘Dark Ages’ Revisited: Proceedings of the International Conference in Memory of William D.E. Coulson at the University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, June 14–17, 2007, edited by A. Mazarakis Ainian, pp. 745–757. Volos, Greece: University of Thessaly Press. ISBN 9789609439053.
- Gesell, Geraldine C., William D.E. Coulson, and Leslie P. Day. 1991. “Excavations at Kavousi, Crete, 1988,” Hesperia Vol. 60, No. 2 (Apr., 1991), pp. 145–177.
- Gesell, Geraldine C., Leslie P. Day, and William D.E. Coulson. 1985. “Kavousi 1982–1983: The Kastro,” Hesperia Vol. 54, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec., 1985) pp. 327–355.
- Gesell, Geraldine C., Leslie P. Day, and William D.E. Coulson. 1988. “Excavations at Kavousi, Crete, 1987.” Hesperia Vol. 57, No. 4 (Oct., 1988), pp. 279–301.
- Gesell, Geraldine C., Leslie P. Day, and William D.E. Coulson. 1992. “Kavousi,” in The Aerial Atlas of Ancient Crete, edited by J.W. Myers, E.E. Myers, and G. Cadogan 1992, pp. 120–123. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 0520073827.
- Gesell, Geraldine C., Leslie P. Day, and William D.E. Coulson. 1995. “Excavations at Kavousi, Crete, 1989 and 1990.” Hesperia Vol. 64, No. 1 (Jan., 1995), pp. 67–120.
- Haggis, Donald C. 2005. Kavousi I: The Archaeological Survey of the Kavousi Region (Prehistory Monographs 16), Philadelphia, PA: INSTAP Academic Press, 2005. ISBN 9781931534017.
- Mook, Margaret S. 1998. “Early Iron Age domestic architecture: the Northwest Building on the Kastro at Kavousi,” in Post-Minoan Crete: Proceedings of the First Colloquium on Post-Minoan Crete (British School at Athens Studies 2), pp. 45–57. Athens: British School at Athens. ISBN 0904887294.
- Mook, Margaret S. 2011. “The Settlement on the Kastro at Kavousi in the Late Geometric Period,” in The ‘Dark Ages’ Revisited: Proceedings of the International Conference in Memory of William D.E. Coulson at the University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, June 14–17, 2007, edited by A. Mazarakis Ainian, pp. 477–488. Volos, Greece: University of Thessaly Press. ISBN 9789609439053.
- Mook, Margaret S., and William D.E. Coulson. 1997. "Late Minoan IIIC Pottery from the Kastro at Kavousi,” in Late Minoan III Pottery: Chronology and Terminology (Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens 1), edited by E. Hallager and B.P. Hallager, pp. 337–370. Athens: Danish Institute at Athens. ISBN 9788772887319.
External links
- Day, Leslie, P. (2011). “A Tale of Two 'Cities' in Dark Age Crete: Karphi and Kavousi.” YouTube video (50:52) of a lecture for the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on April 13, 2011. Posted by Penn Museum on Oct 6, 2011 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3YuwDrGVak>