Chapter 20. Prodromos Karditsas, Magoula Agios Ioannis. A prehistoric settlement in the Western Thessalian plain

Topography of the site The village of Prodromos is located 5 km northeast of Karditsa, which, together with Trikala, is one of the two largest modern cities on the western Thessalian plain. The eastern edge of the village is dominated by the high artificial mound (magoula) of Agios Ioannis, on the top of which stands the post-Byzantine church of the same name, as well as the “Konaki” of Ekrem Bei, an Ottoman manor house of the 19th century AD. Magoula Agios Ioannis covers an area of around 0..