| PK | C202 |
| TITLE | Margeli_Maryeli: Koutsoveri |
| WGS84 | 37.09303° N, 21.798409° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.09303, 21.798409 |
| LON/LAT | 21.798409, 37.09303 |
| DMS | 37° 5' 34.908" N | , | 21° 47' 54.2724" E |
| W3W | directing, whispered, wanderer |
| UTM | 34 S, 570953, 4105491 |
| EGSA87 | 304187, 4107172 |
| Elevation m | 515 |
| Elevation feet | 1689.6 |
| Region | Messenia |
TYPE
1. hab. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 157 'The site is in a small remote valley.', 'A rounded hill c. 500 m. NW of Margeli, whose top ... is strewn with MH pottery and coarse wares...'
2. Pottery. Messenia I, 235 'Broken pottery is strewn thickly all over the hilltop.'
3. Sherds. Davis and Bennet [2017], 54 'The stone in the piles on Koutsouveri must have been scavenged from collapsed buildings...', '...; in 1994, artifacts were collected from one such pit.'
4. Sherds. Heath [nd], http://classics.uc.edu/prap/static/sites_single.xsl-site=L01.html
5. Sherds. Simpson [1981], 131 ' ... strewn with local MH sherds, and a few which may be contemporary with LH.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Messenia I: 235 'Nearly all of the sherds seem to belong to MH times or at least to that tradition.'
b. Simpson [1981]: 131 ' ... strewn with local MH sherds, ... '
c. Heath [nd]: 'Material on the site is confined almost exclusively to MH (including some early MH) ... '
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 157 ' ... strewn with MH pottery and coarse wares which appear to be MH or in the MH tradition.'
e. Davis and Bennet [2017]: 54 'The material consists almost entirely of MH ... '
2. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
a. Heath [nd]: ' ... and MH III-LH II coarse wares, including many pithos fragments, ... '
b. Davis and Bennet [2017]: 54 ' ... and MH III - LH II coarse wares, ... '
3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 131 ' ... a few which may be contemporary with LH.'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 157 'LH?'
4. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
a. Heath [nd]: ' ... and MH III-LH II coarse wares, including many pithos fragments, ... '
b. Davis and Bennet [2017]: 54 ' ... and MH III - LH II coarse wares, ... '
5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Heath [nd]: ' ... and MH III-LH II coarse wares, including many pithos fragments, ... '
b. Davis and Bennet [2017]: 54 ' ... and MH III - LH II coarse wares, ... '
6. Late Helladic III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Davis and Bennet [2017]: 54 'Later LH III material is scarce..'
7. Late Helladic IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Heath [nd]: 'Later LHIII material is scarce.'
8. Late Helladic IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Heath [nd]: 'Later LHIII material is scarce.'
1. 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., 'L1 Maryeli Koutsouveri', pg. 53.
2. Heath [nd]: Heath, Sebastian. PRAP Site Gazetteer, 'L01 Maryeli Koutsouveri', pg. 1.
Online here.
Online here.
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., '34. Koutsouveri (Margeli)', pg. 235.
Online here.
4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 130 Margeli: Koutsoveri', pg. 131.
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 116 Margeli: Koutsosveri', pg. 157.
Online here.