Site details

Iklaina: Panayia

PK	C233
TITLE	Iklaina: Panayia
WGS84	37.001003° N, 21.728805° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.001003, 21.728805
LON/LAT	21.728805, 37.001003

DMS

37° 0' 3.6108" N

21° 43' 43.698" E

W3W	mushy, cardiac, surveillance
UTM	34 S, 564846, 4095232
EGSA87	297756, 4097107

Elevation m	228
Elevation feet	748
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    hab.   Messenia I, 242    'a rather small habitation site.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 117    'On the heavily eroded surface a few fragments of LH III kylikes were found, ...'
3.    Sherds.   Messenia I, 241    '...the sparseness of surface sherds which were found in the center and west only.'
4.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 85    'McDonald und Simpson fanden hier einige Scherben ... '
5.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 144    ? 'On the NW slope a very large stone slab and reports of "gold nails" and "plates with pictured animals" suggest a LH tholos tomb here.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 117,  Size: 14000 sq. m.  'The Panayia chapel is at the east end of a low spur, about 200 m. east to west by 70 m., ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 241, 'MH (?) coarse ware: handles of jars...'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 117, '...and coarse ware of MH appearance.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 144, 'MH? LH III(A-B)'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 85, ' ... einige Scherben aus MH und SH III, ... '

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 241, 'LH III: frgs. of long-stemmed kylixes in soft buff fabric.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 85, ' ... und SH III, die letzteren Kylixfragmente.'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 117, 'On the heavily eroded surface a few fragments of LH III kylikes were found,..'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 144, 'MH? LH III(A-B)'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 117, 'On the heavily eroded surface a few fragments of LH III kylikes were found,..'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 144, '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., 'Panajia', pg. 85.

2. 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., '54. Panayia (Iklaina)', pg. 241. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 18 Iklaina: Panayia', pg. 117. 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 50 Iklaina: Panayia', pg. 144. Online here.