Site details

Romiri: Avisos

PK	C253
TITLE	Romiri: Avisos
WGS84	36.955075° N, 21.8395° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	36.955075, 21.8395
LON/LAT	21.8395, 36.955075

DMS

36° 57' 18.27" N

21° 50' 22.2" E

W3W	punctuating, riotous, nuggets
UTM	34 S, 574740.08, 4090217.91
EGSA87	307492, 4091781

Elevation m	463
Elevation feet	1519
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 138    'LH sherds are scattered over the top (c. 80 m. E-W by 50 m.) and the slopes ...'
2.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 120    'The settlement seems to have been rather isolated, ... '
3.    Sherds.   Messenia II, 233    'Fragments of LH III kylikes and bowls are scattered over the top ... and slopes above the spring. Much of the pottery is coarse ware ... '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 120    'Mycenaean sherds are scattered over the top surface ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 138,  Size: 9600 sq. m.  '...for a total extent of c. 120 m. E-W by 80 m.'

- Simpson [1981]  p. 120,  Size: 9600 sq. m.  ' ..., for a total extent of about 120 m. east to west by 80 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 120, 'MH? LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 138, 'MH? LH III(A-B)'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 120, 'Mycenaean sherds are scattered ... '

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Messenia II: 233, 'Fragments of LH III kylikes and bowls are scattered ... '

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 120, 'MH? LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 138, 'MH? LH III(A-B)'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 120, 'MH? LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 138, 'MH? LH III(A-B)'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Messenia II: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Exploration in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1962-1963’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 68, No. 3 (Jul., 1964), pp. 229-245., '75B. Avisos (Romiri)', pg. 233. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 38 Romiri: Avisos', 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 31 Romiri: Avisos', pg. 138. Online here.