Site details

Mesopotamos: Velevouni

PK	C228
TITLE	Mesopotamos: Velevouni
WGS84	36.980371° N, 21.827797° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	36.980371, 21.827797
LON/LAT	21.827797, 36.980371

DMS

36° 58' 49.3356" N

21° 49' 40.0692" E

W3W	piecing, tequila, occasions
UTM	34 S, 573674, 4093015
EGSA87	306514, 4094612

Elevation m	357
Elevation feet	1171.3
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 120    'The top and upper south slope of the hill comprise the Mycenaean settlement site, ... '
2.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 137    'The prehistoric settlement occupied the top and upper S slope, ...'
3.    Settlement.   Messenia III, 151    '...prehistoric settlement occupied the top and upper S slope.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 120,  Size: 10500 sq. m.  ' ..., an area about 150 m. northeast to southwest by 70 m.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 137,  Size: 10500 sq. m.  '... an area c. 150 m. NE-SW by 70 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 151, '..a handle of a LH jar in white fabric...'

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 120, 'LH IIIA2-B H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 136, 'LH IIIA2-B H'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 120, 'LH IIIA2-B H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 136, 'LH IIIA2-B H'
    c.    Messenia III: 151, '...and the hollowed base of a LH IIIB deep bowl.'

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., '69. Velevouni (Mesopotamos)', pg. 151. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 37 Mesopotamos: Velevouni', pg. 120. 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 27 Mesopotamos: Velevouni', pg. 136. Online here.