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Aetos: Hagios Dhimitrios (B)

PKC169
TITLEAetos: Hagios Dhimitrios (B)
WGS84 37.251676° N, 21.825085° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 37.251676, 21.825085
LON/LAT 21.825085, 37.251676

DMS 37° 15' 6.0336" N,21° 49' 30.306" E

W3Wquest, starkest, eggs
UTM34 S, 573171, 4123111
EGSA87 306962, 4124721

Elevation m409
Elevation feet 1341.9
RegionMessenia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 176    'The LH site, ...'
2.    Hab.   Simpson [1981], 138    'The Mycenaean site, ..., is the slightly lower hill of Ayios Dhimitrios, adjacent to west-southwest.'
3.    Settlement.   Messenia III, 140    'The ancient settlement covered the upper surface over an area about 80 m. W-NW by 50 m.'
4.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 78    'Valmin meint sich hier Scherben von mykenischer bis byzantinischer Zeit ... '
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 138    'Some LH III finer sherds were found with the predominating coarse wares.'


SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 138,  Size: 4000 sq. m.  'On its upper surface, about 80 m. west-northwest to east-southeast by 50 m., ... '

- Messenia III  p. 140,  Size: 4000 sq. m.  'The ancient settlement covered the upper surface over an area about 80 m. W-NW by 50 m.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 176,  Size: 4000 sq. m.  'On the upper surface (c. 80 m. NNW-SSE by 50 m.) ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 138, 'MH? LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Messenia III: 140, 'A finer variety of "oatmeal" ware in dark brown with smoothed surfaces may be MH.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 175, 'MH? LH III(A-B)'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 140, 'Two fragments from the bowls of kylikes and other similar sherds in gray or pink fabric testify to occupation in LH.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 78, ' ... mykenischer ... '

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 138, 'MH? LH III(A-B)', '...some LH III finer sherds were found with the predominating coarse wares.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 175, 'MH? LH III(A-B)'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 138, 'MH? LH III(A-B)', '...some LH III finer sherds were found with the predominating coarse wares.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 175, 'MH? LH III(A-B)'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Ajios Demetrios', pg. 78.

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., '26A. Ayios Dhimitrios (Aëtos)', pg. 140. Online here.

3.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 214 Aetos: Ayios Dhimitrios', pg. 138. 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 227 Aetos: Ayios Dhimitrios (B)', pg. 175. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C169 is at 37.29382° N, 21.69376° E, a straight-line distance of 12 km and 543 m.