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Mila: Profitis Ilias

PK	C146
TITLE	Mila: Profitis Ilias
WGS84	37.235214° N, 21.895886° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.235214, 21.895886
LON/LAT	21.895886, 37.235214

DMS

37° 14' 6.7704" N

21° 53' 45.1896" E

W3W	broaden, bearlike, chooses
UTM	34 S, 579467, 4121342
EGSA87	313202, 4122752

Elevation m	259
Elevation feet	849.7
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Hab.   Simpson [1981], 139    ' ... suggesting an area of habitation about 100 m. east to west by 80 m. ... '
2.    hab.   Messenia III, 142    'The inhabited area may have been about 100 m. E-W by 80 m.'
3.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 173    'Coarse BA pottery was found on the N slopes only ... '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 139    Coarse Bronze Age pottery, including a fragment apparently LH, was found thinly spread over the upper north slopes, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 139,  Size: 8000 sq. m.  ' ... suggesting an area of habitation about 100 m. east to west by 80 m. ... '

- Messenia III  p. 142,  Size: 8000 sq. m.  'The inhabited area may have been about 100 m. E-W by 80 m.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 173,  Size: 8000 sq. m.  ' ... (area c. 100 m. E-W by 80 m.) ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 139, 'MH? LH'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 173, 'MH? LH?'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 139, 'MH? LH', 'Coarse Bronze Age pottery, including a fragment apparently LH, ... '
    b.    Messenia III: 142, 'But finer wares are represented by two jar handles of better levigated "Margeli" type and by the base of a bowl which seems to be LH.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 173, 'MH? LH?'

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., '28D. Profitis Ilias (Mila)', pg. 142. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 223 Mila: Profitis Ilias', pg. 139. 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 218 Mila: Profitis Ilias', pg. 173. Online here.