Site details

Ayios Floros

PK	C115
TITLE	Ayios Floros
WGS84	37.169031° N, 22.028784° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	37.169031, 22.028784
LON/LAT	22.028784, 37.169031

DMS

37° 10' 8.5116" N

22° 1' 43.6224" E

W3W	twinkly, heroics, rummaged
UTM	34 S, 591335, 4114119
EGSA87	324839, 4115155

Elevation m	69
Elevation feet	226.4
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Messenia III, 159    'This was a rather small site near excellent water...'
2.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 131    'The site here may have been small, but it is also quite possible that the modern village lies over part or the whole of an ancient settlement.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 162    ' ... a few coarse BA sherds were found sparsely strewn ... '
4.    Sherds.   Messenia II, 236    'The surface is strewn with rather sparse prehistoric pottery ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 131,  Size: 12000 sq. m.  'Bronze Age sherds were found sparsely strewn over an area about 150 m. east to west by 80 m.'

- Messenia III  p. 159,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  'The site is an irregular oval ca. 150 m. N-S by 100 m. ...'

- Messenia II  p. 236,  Size: 12000 sq. m.  ' ... over an area ca. 150 m. E-W and 80 m. N-S.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 162,  Size: 12000 sq. m.  ' ... sparsely strewn over an area c. 150 m. E-W by 80 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 159, 'In a limited area ca 20 m. NE of the chapel a few worn EH sherds were recovered.'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 159, 'Several are from handles and bases of EH II sauceboats in thin white, red and gray fabrics.'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 131, 'MH? LH?', 'MH and LH are probably represented.'
    b.    Messenia II: 236, 'Fragments collected are mainly MH or LH coarse wares, ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 162, 'MH and LH are probably represented, ... '

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 131, 'MH? LH?', 'MH and LH are probably represented.'
    b.    Messenia II: 236, 'Fragments collected are mainly MH or LH coarse wares, ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 162, 'MH and LH are probably represented, ... '

5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 159, 'Mycenaean is represented by fragments in pinkish fabric from bases and stems of stemmed bowls. Two are hollowed beneath and are LH III, probably IIIB.'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 159, '...probably IIIB.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., '78C. Ayios Floros', pg. 159. Online here.

2. Messenia II: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Exploration in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1962-1963’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 68, No. 3 (Jul., 1964), pp. 229-245., '78C. Ayios Floros', pg. 236. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 125 Ayios Floros', pg. 131. 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 134 Ayios Floros', pg. 162. Online here.