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Korifasion: Beyler Bey/Beylerbei

PK	C238
TITLE	Korifasion: Beyler Bey∕Beylerbei
WGS84	36.99176° N, 21.683409° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.99176, 21.683409
LON/LAT	21.683409, 36.99176

DMS

36° 59' 30.336" N

21° 41' 0.2724" E

W3W	batches, athletes, addicted
UTM	34 S, 560814, 4094177
EGSA87	293691, 4096179

Elevation m	31
Elevation feet	101.7
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [2014], 20    'HAB; ... '
2.    hab.   Davis and Bennet [2017], 36    '...preliminary analysis suggests that the site was inhabited in most prehistoric and historic periods.'
3.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 130    '...trials show that the site was badly eroded, and its importance is open to doubt.'
4.    hab.   PAE[1909], 289
5.    Settlement.   Messenia I, 242    'This is a large site in a position to control a good part of the fertile coastal plain.'
6.    settlement.   Messenia III, 149    'He (Marinatos, rhc) believes it must have been a "small and unimportant settlement."'
7.    Sherds.   Messenia I, 242    'LH material includes: frgs. of low-stemmed bowls ...; sherds with monochrome paint; frgs. of long-stemmed kylixes and deep bowls.'
8.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 115    'There was much good surface pottery, but trials showed that the site has been badly eroded.'
9.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 86    'Blegen und Kourouniotis fanden hier 1939 mykenische Scherben.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [2014]  p. 20,  Size: 35200 sq. m.  ' ...; 3.52 ha; "large village"

- Messenia I  p. ,  Size: 30000 sq. m.  'The acropolis has a level cultivated top ca. 200 m. N-S by 150 m. E-W, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 20, EH II(-III?), MH - LH IIIB, DA(?), G

2. EH III: (2200 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 20, EH II(-III?), MH - LH IIIB, DA(?), G

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 20, EH II(-III?), MH - LH IIIB, DA(?), G
    b.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 35, '..., MH, LH I-II, LH IIIA - B, (G), (A), ...'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 149, 'Professor Marinatos tested this site and found that the pottery (all "later LH") is almost entirely on the surface and the hill is badly eroded.'

5. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 20, EH II(-III?), MH - LH IIIB, DA(?), G
    b.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 35, '..., MH, LH I-II, LH IIIA - B, (G), (A), ...'

6. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 20, EH II(-III?), MH - LH IIIB, DA(?), G
    b.    Messenia I: 242, '..., although some is possibly LH II...'
    c.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 35, '..., MH, LH I-II, LH IIIA - B, (G), (A), ...'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 86, 'Sie vermuten aber auch etwas aus SH II und IIIA zu sein.'

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 20, EH II(-III?), MH - LH IIIB, DA(?), G
    b.    Messenia I: 242, '...and III A.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 130, 'LH III(A?-B)'
    d.    Simpson [1981]: 115, 'LH III(A?-)B'
    e.    PAE[1909]: 289,
    f.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 35, '..., MH, LH I-II, LH IIIA - B, (G), (A), ...'
    g.    Ålin [1962]: 86, 'Sie vermuten aber auch etwas aus SH II und IIIA zu sein.'

8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 20, EH II(-III?), MH - LH IIIB, DA(?), G
    b.    Messenia I: 242, 'The pottery is mainly LH III B, ...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 130, 'LH III(A?-B)'
    d.    Simpson [1981]: 115, 'LH III(A?-)B'
    e.    PAE[1909]: 289,
    f.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 35, '..., MH, LH I-II, LH IIIA - B, (G), (A), ...'
    g.    Ålin [1962]: 86, 'McDonald und Simpson konnten hauptsächlich IIIB-Keramik auflesen, ... '

9. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 35, '..., MH, LH I-II, LH IIIA - B, (G), (A), ...'

10. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 35, '..., MH, LH I-II, LH IIIA - B, (G), (A), ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1909]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1909., '', pg. 289.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Beyler Bey', pg. 86.

3. 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., 'I1 Koryfasio Beylerbey', pg. 35.

4. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: McDonald, William A. and George R. Rapp, Jr.. The Minnesota Messenia Expedition: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Regional Environment. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. 1972, '4 Korifasion: Belerbei', pg. 264.

5. 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., '56. Beyler Bey (Koryphasion)', pg. 242. Online here.

6. 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., '56. Beyler Bey (Koryphasion)', pg. 149. Online here.

7. Simpson [2014]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos. Philadelphia:Instap Academic Press, 2014. , '56 Koryfasion: Beylerbey', pg. 20.

8. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 4 Korifasion: Beyler Bey', pg. 115. Online here.

9. 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 4 Korifasion: Beyler Bey', pg. 130. Online here.