Αρχαιολογική τοποθεσία

Type: Settlement
Geographical area: Peloponnese → Laconia → Asteri - Vlachioti

Chronological Period: From MPG to EA
Date: From 10th c. BC to 7th c. BC.
Overall Phases of Use: From N to Hel

Location: Hill
The large and prominent flat-topped hill of Karaousi is on the right of the road from Asteri to Vlachioti at the edge of the plain.

Surveyed/Excavated Area Size: unknown
Estimated Settlement Size: unknown

Fortification: no

Settlement Organization:
Street System: no
Drainage: no
Water Resources: no
Public Spaces: no

Contributors: A. Vlachou

The site was founded in the N period and it was inhabited throughout the BA. The habitation of the site continued in the historic era, from the PG to the Hel periods. Karaousi belonged to a dense pattern of settlements, which were located at the broader geographical area of Elos.

Records

  • 1983-1989: Extensive Survey by W.Cavanagh, J.Crouwel, R.W.V.Catling, G.Shipley (British School at Athens)

References: Primary

  • Waterhouse, H. & Simpson, R.H., 1960. Prehistoric Laconia: Part I, BSA 55: 89–92

References: Secondary

  • Cavanagh, W., Crouwel, J., Catling, R.W.V. & Shipley, G., 1996. The Laconia Survey II: archaeological data, London: 298
  • Themos, A., 2007. In Search of Ancient Elos, in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of Peloponnesian Studies, Pyrgos-Gastouni-Amaliada, 11-17 September 2005, Athens: 458–459

Written Sources

  • None

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