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Gargaliani: Ordhines

PKC199
TITLEGargaliani: Ordhines
WGS84 37.094642° N, 21.591852° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.094642, 21.591852
LON/LAT 21.591852, 37.094642

DMS 37° 5' 40.7112" N,21° 35' 30.6672" E

W3Wwhiling, troubles, redefined
UTM34 S, 552596, 4105535
EGSA87 285831, 4107797

Elevation m36
Elevation feet 118.1
RegionMessenia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Messenia I, 236    'The pottery from this and site #38 gives the impression that they are peripheral.' Site #38 is Gargaliani/Kanalos (C206).
2.    Sherds.   Davis and Bennet [2017], 48    'Prehistoric pottery ... was found in some quantity throughout the site.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 146    'Sherds are scattered sparsely over the surface, ...'
4.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 81    'McDonald und Simpson fanden hier einige Scherben: aus FH, vielleicht aus MH, aus SH III 2 Kylixfüsse, ... '
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 121    'Sherds sparsely scattered over the eroded and rocky surface include EH II and LH III, and the fllat loop handle of a goblet may be early LH.'
6.    Sherds.   Messenia I, 236    "'Our finds include: EH base of sauce-boat; MH (?) base of flat loop handle of high-swung goblet in soft buff fabric.'"


SITE SIZE

- Messenia I  p. 236,  Size: 20000 sq. m.  'The flat rocky summit measures ca. 200 m. N-S by 100 m. E-W (maximum dimensions) and is ca. 50 m. a.s.l.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 236, 'Our finds include: EH base of sauce-boat;...'
    b.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 48, '..., (EH), ...', 'Prehistoric pottery (EH - LH IIIB) was found in some quantity...'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 121, 'Sherds sparsely scattered over the eroded and rocky surface include EH II and LH III, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 146, 'EH II LH I/II? LH III(A-B)', '...base of an EH II sauceboat...'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 236, ?, 'MH (?) base of flat loop handle of high-swung goblet in soft buff fabric.'
    b.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 48, '..., MH, ...'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 81, ' ..., vielleicht aus MH, ... '

4. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 146, 'EH II LH I/II? LH III(A-B)', 'The flat loop handle of a goblet may be early LH.'
    b.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 48, '..., LH I-II, ...'

5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 146, 'EH II LH I/II? LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 48, '..., LH I-II, ...'

6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 121, 'Sherds sparsely scattered over the eroded and rocky surface include EH II and LH III, ... '
    b.    Messenia I: 236, 'From LH III are two bases of kylixes, one hollowed in center; a fragment from a low-stemmed bowl; numerous fragments of pithoi...'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 81, ' ..., aus SH III 2 Kylixfüsse, ... '

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 146, 'EH II LH I/II? LH III(A-B)', '...and a few LH III.'
    b.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 48, '..., LH IIIA - B, ...', '...LH III material ...'

8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 48, '..., LH IIIA - B, ...', '...LH III material ...'

NOTE

1.  Placed from the description in Davis and Bennet [2017] 48, 'K1 Gargaliani Ordines'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Ordhines', pg. 81.

2.  Davis and Bennet [2017]:  Davis, Jack L. and John Bennet (eds.). The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project; A Retrospective. American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2017., 'K1 Gargaliani Ordines', pg. 48.

3.  Messenia I:  McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Habitation in Southwestern Peloponnese’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jul., 1961), pp. 221-260., '37. Ordhines (Langouvardhos)', pg. 236. Online here.

4.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 46 Gargaliani: Ordhines', pg. 121. Online here.

5.  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 57 Gargalianoi: Ordhines', pg. 146. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C199 is at 37.09235° N, 21.58194° E, a straight-line distance of 916.2 m.