Kastri is a village in the island of
Cythera,
Islands regional unit,
Greece. Kastri has been occupied by humans since the
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second prin ...
, and was an important
settlement
Settlement may refer to:
* Human settlement, a community where people live
*Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building
*Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction
*Settlement (fin ...
of the
Early Helladic
Helladic chronology is a relative dating system used in archaeology and art history. It complements the Minoan chronology scheme devised by Sir Arthur Evans for the categorisation of Bronze Age artefacts from the Minoan civilization within a his ...
/
Minoan Period of Crete. Kastri is thought to have been an early settlement of
Minoan Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cypru ...
. Kastri on Cythera is considerably but directly north of the ancient site of
Kydonia, which was the major northwestern Cretan ancient city.
[Hogan, 2008]
See also
*
Kydonia
Line notes
References
* Cyprian Broodbank and Evangelia Kiriatzi, ''The First "Minoans" of Kythera Revisited: Technology, Demography, and Landscape in the Prepalatial Aegean'',
American Journal of Archaeology
The ''American Journal of Archaeology'' (AJA), the peer-reviewed journal of the Archaeological Institute of America, has been published since 1897 (continuing the ''American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts'' founded by t ...
, volume: 111, issue 2, pages 241–274, April 200
* C. Michael Hogan
''Cydonia'', The Modern Antiquarian, Jan. 23, 2008* Ohio State University, ''A Brief History of Northern Kythera''
Kythira
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