Site details

Perivolakia: Sola

PK	C109
TITLE	Perivolakia: Sola
WGS84	37.047865° N, 22.173713° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	37.047865, 22.173713
LON/LAT	22.173713, 37.047865

DMS

37° 2' 52.314" N

22° 10' 25.3668" E

W3W	supplier, roadwork, carpenters
UTM	34 S, 604369, 4100826
EGSA87	337449, 4101454

Elevation m	370
Elevation feet	1213.9
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AM[1894], 360
2.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 132    ' ... a small Mycenaean site, much eroded.'
3.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 164    '...a small LH site (100 m. NNE-SSW by 80 m. maximum), ...'
4.    Settlement.   Messenia III, 160    'The hill is much eroded and the sherds are rough and worn.', 'This was a small settlement, overlooking fertile terraces ...'

SITE SIZE

- Messenia III  p. 160,  Size: 8000 sq. m.  '...and the ancient settlement was ca. 100 m. NNE-SSW by 80 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 132, 'MH? LH III(A-B) H?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 164, 'MH? LH III(A-B) H?'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 160, 'Fragments of kylikes, including one long-stemmed piece, prove habitation in LH III.'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AM[1894]: 360,

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 132, 'MH? LH III(A-B) H?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 164, 'MH? LH III(A-B) H?', 'Some worn LH III sherds...'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 132, 'MH? LH III(A-B) H?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 164, 'MH? LH III(A-B) H?', 'Some worn LH III sherds...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AM[1894]: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung, Germany. 1894., '', pg. 360.

2. 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., '79C. Sola (Perivolakia)', pg. 160. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 133 Perivolakia: Sola', pg. 132. Online here.

4. 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 140 Perivolakia: Sola', pg. 164. Online here.