Site details

Valta: Kastraki: Cem

PK	C196
TITLE	Valta: Kastraki: Cem
WGS84	37.097909° N, 21.626171° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.097909, 21.626171
LON/LAT	21.626171, 37.097909

DMS

37° 5' 52.4724" N

21° 37' 34.2156" E

W3W	briefer, similarities, creeps
UTM	34 S, 555643, 4105917
EGSA87	288891, 4108083

Elevation m	232
Elevation feet	761.2
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 122    'And there was apparently a pithos burial (or burials?) in the south side of the Kastraki knoll at the southwest end of the ridge.'
2.    Cem.   Boyd [2001], 159    'Description: a middle Helladic burial mound and a later Mycenaean burial site.'
3.    Settlement.   Boyd [2001], 159    'The MH mound reported by McDonald & Hope Simpson may well simply have been a natural feature exhibiting sherds from the settlement.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 122, 'Prehistoric sherds, mainly MH, are spread thickly between the knolls ... '
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 160, 'Chronology: MH for the mound; LHIIIA1 for the destroyed burial.'

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 160, 'Chronology: MH for the mound; LHIIIA1 for the destroyed burial.'

NOTES

1. My blog post examines the geography of Valta in detail.

2. S81 found "a pithos burial (or burials?)" C216,"Identified as a natural feature by PRAP

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '29: Válta Kastráki', pg. 159. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 50 Valta: Ayios Pandeleimon and Kastraki', pg. 122. Online here.