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Extent

25 digital objects.

Cite This Work

Levy, Thomas E.; Sideris, Athanasios; Howland, Matthew D.; Liss, Brady; Liritzis, Ioannis (2017). Kastrouli Mycenaean Excavations, Greece 2016. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. https://doi.org/10.6075/J0NG4NSV

Description

Kastrouli (E375419.559, N4250792.352 meters), a small fortified site in the Phokis region of Central Greece (near the modern village of Desphina), was the focus of archaeological excavations in the summer of 2016 (July 20 – August 3). The project aimed to fully and systematically excavate an exposed tomb on the site’s surface and to section its surrounding fortification wall. This tomb was previously excavated in 2005, but this short project (lasting only a day or two) performed little excavation (more likely just cleaning) to evaluate the condition of the tomb which was previously looted as evidenced by its disturbed nature (Raptopoulos 2012: 1074). In 2016, these were the only excavations to date, and thus the site required further investigation into the contents and dating of the tombs. This collection includes files relevant to the 2016 excavations of the site Kastrouli such as artifact, photography, geospatial, and other data.

Date Collected

• 2016-07-20 to 2016-08-03

Date Issued

• 2017

Principal Investigator

• Levy, Thomas Evan

Co Principal Investigators

• Liritzis, Ioannis
• Sideris, Athanasios

Field Directors

• Howland, Matthew D.
• Liss, Brady

Note

Image courtesy of Google Earth

Funding

Liz Anne and Phokion Potamianos
Norma Kershaw
University of California Office of the President's Research Catalyst Award for "At-Risk Cultural Heritage and the Digital Humanities",
Grant ID: CA-16-376911, PI: Thomas E. Levy (UCSD)
Frontiers of Innovation Scholars Program, University of California San Diego
Center for Cyber-Archaeology and Sustainability--Qualcomm Institute, University of California San Diego
Jewish Studies Endowment, University of California San Diego

Geographics

• Extinct cities--Greece
• Greece
• Kastrouli (Extinct city)

Cultural Context

• Mycenaean Civilization

Temporal

• Helladic Period

Topics

• Commingled burial
• Tomb

Formats

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• data
• image
• text
• zxx - No linguistic content; Not applicable

Language

• English

Related Resources

Primary associated publication

• Sideris A, Liritzis I, Liss B, Howland MD, and Levy TE (2017). AT-RISK CULTURAL HERITAGE: NEW EXCAVATIONS AND FINDS FROM THE MYCENAEAN SITE OF KASTROULI, PHOKIS, GREECE. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 17(1): 271-285. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.163772

Other resource

• Area A: https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb7716302m
• The site of Kastrouli, Greece: https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb6555913d