Site details

Kalyvia: Pano Chorio

PK	C119
TITLE	Kalyvia: Pano Chorio
WGS84	37.245677° N, 22.029652° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	37.245677, 22.029652
LON/LAT	22.029652, 37.245677

DMS

37° 14' 44.4372" N

22° 1' 46.7472" E

W3W	hedges, faulting, turnaround
UTM	34 S, 591320, 4122623
EGSA87	325093, 4123658

Elevation m	195
Elevation feet	639.8
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Simpson [1981], 140    'The top and upper west terraces are strewn with LH fine and coarse wares, ... '
2.    Settlement.   Messenia III, 144    'The settlement commanded a fine view over the Pamisos valley and would have controlled the fertile NE extension.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 171    'The top and upper W. terraces are strewn with LH fine and coarse wares, ...'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 140,  Size: 21600 sq. m.  ' ..., over an area roughly 180 m. north to south by 120 m.'

- Messenia III  p. 144,  Size: 21600 sq. m.  '...over an area ca. 180 m. N-S by 120 m.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 171,  Size: 21600 sq. m.  '...for an extent c. 180 m. N-S by 120 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 140, 'The top and upper west terraces are strewn with LH fine and coarse wares, ...'

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 140, '...including LH III stemmed bowl fragments, ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 171, '...including (sherds, RHC) LH III, ...'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 140, 'LH III(A-)B'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 144, 'There are fragments of rims and hollowed bases of LH III stemmed bowls in rather good pink, white and reddish fabrics.'

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., '33A. Pano Chorio (Kalivia)', pg. 144. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 230 Kalyvia: Pano Chorio', pg. 140. Online here.

3. 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 210 Kalyvia: Pano Chorio', pg. 171. Online here.