Site details

Aris: Mesovouni

PK	C136
TITLE	Aris: Mesovouni
WGS84	37.087491° N, 22.021117° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	37.087491, 22.021117
LON/LAT	22.021117, 37.087491

DMS

37° 5' 14.9676" N

22° 1' 16.0212" E

W3W	pumps, retraces, cabs
UTM	34 S, 590752, 4105066
EGSA87	323970, 4106122

Elevation m	7
Elevation feet	23
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 160    'Prehistoric traces were found on the centre and E section, ...'
2.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 129    'The position of the settlement suggests that there was a route (and a ford?) across the Pamisos here, ...'
3.    Settlement.   Messenia III, 158    '...the ancient settlement occupied at least the central and eastern sections of the hill, ...'

SITE SIZE

- Messenia III  p. 158,  Size: 16000 sq. m.  '...an area of about 200 m. E-W by 80 m.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 160,  Size: 16000 sq. m.  '...over c. 200 m. E-W by 80 m. only, ...'

- Simpson [1981]  p. 129,  Size: 16000 sq. m.  '..., but the Mycenaean sherds were found only on the centre and east section, an extent roughly 200 m. east to west by 80 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 160, 'MH? LH I/II? LH III(A-B)'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 129, '..., but the Mycenaean sherds were found only on the center and east section, ...'

3. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 160, 'MH? LH I/II? LH III(A-B)'

4. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 158, 'Finer wares belonging to LH IIIB and LH IIIA or LH II are of good hard white or pink fabrics.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 160, 'MH? LH I/II? LH III(A-B)'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 158, 'Finer wares belonging to LH IIIB and LH IIIA or LH II are of good hard white or pink fabrics.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 160, 'MH? LH I/II? LH III(A-B)'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 158, 'Finer wares belonging to LH IIIB and LH IIIA or LH II are of good hard white or pink fabrics.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 160, 'MH? LH I/II? LH III(A-B)'

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., '77E. Mesovouni (Aris)', pg. 158. 'This was a large settlement and very much in the cultural mainstream.'
Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 122 Aris: Mesovouni', pg. 129. 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 126 Aris Mesovouni', pg. 160. Online here.