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Verga: Kastraki

PK	C107
TITLE	Verga: Kastraki
WGS84	37.001261° N, 22.163641° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.001261, 22.163641
LON/LAT	22.163641, 37.001261

DMS

37° 0' 4.5396" N

22° 9' 49.1076" E

W3W	reinvention, misreads, vacancy
UTM	34 S, 603536, 4095645
EGSA87	336453, 4096300

Elevation m	162
Elevation feet	531.5
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 288    'HAB'
2.    Settlement.   AJA[1969], 160    'This was a small settlement chosen for isolation and security, like its modern successor.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 133    ' ..., some LH III sherds and Bronze Age coarse ware ... '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1966], 116    'The west slopes, overlooking the sea, are covered in grain terraces, and on these, within an area about a hundred metres in diameter, Mycenaean sherds are abundant.'
5.    Sherds.   Messenia III, 160    'Over an area about 100 m. in diameter these western terraces have an abundant scatter of Mycenaean pottery.'
6.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 165    ' ... some LH III sherds and BA coarse ware ... '
7.    Sherds.   AJA[1969], 160    ' ... these western terraces have an abundant scatter of Mycenaean pottery. There are fragments of long-stemmed kylikes ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 133,  Size: 7854 sq. m.  ' ... were found on the upper western terraces, over an area about 100 m. in diameter.'

- McDonald and Rapp [1972]  p. 288,  Size: 10000 sq. m.  '100 m x 100 (W terraces)(1 ha)'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 165,  Size: 7854 sq. m.  ' ... were found over an area c.100 m. in diameter on the W terraces.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 165, 'MH?', ' ... (including MH?) ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 288,
    b.    AJA[1969]: 160, ' ... have an abundant scatter of Mycenaean pottery.'
    c.    Simpson [1966]: 116, ' ..., Mycenaean sherds are abundant.'
    d.    Messenia III: 160, ' ... an abundant scatter of Mycenaean pottery.'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 133, ' ..., some LH III sherds ... ','MH? LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 165, ' ... some LH III sherds and ... ', ' ... LH III(A-B)'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 133, ' ..., some LH III sherds ... ','MH? LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 165, ' ... some LH III sherds and ... ', ' ... LH III(A-B)'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AJA[1969]: American Journal of Archaeology, Journal of the Archaeological Institute of America. Vol. 73, 1969., '79D. Kastraki (Verga)', pg. 160. Online here.

2. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: McDonald, William A. and George R. Rapp, Jr.. The Minnesota Messenia Expedition: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Regional Environment. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. 1972, 'Verga: Kastraki', pg. 288.

3. Messenia III: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Explorations in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1964-1968’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 73, No. 2 (Apr., 1969), pp. 123-177., '79D. Kastraki (Verga)', pg. 160. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 134 Verga: Kastraki', pg. 133. Online here.

5. Simpson [1966]: Simpson, Richard Hope. ‘The Seven Cities Offered by Agamemnon to Achilles (Iliad ix. 149 ff., 291 ff.)’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, 113-131. 1966., 'Kastraki (Selitsa)', pg. 116. Online here.

6. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'D 143 Verga: Kastraki', pg. 165. Online here.