Site details

Mesochori: Koutsoveri

PK	C260
TITLE	Mesochori: Koutsoveri
WGS84	36.874487° N, 21.725606° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	36.874487, 21.725606
LON/LAT	21.725606, 36.874487

DMS

36° 52' 28.1532" N

21° 43' 32.1816" E

W3W	athletes, contrasted, encloses
UTM	34 S, 564668, 4081195
EGSA87	297137, 4083076

Elevation m	210
Elevation feet	689
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 123    ' ... coarse ware of both MH and LH types was found, ... '
2.    Sherds.   Messenia III, 152    ' ... ancient sherds occur over an area at least 100 by 100 m. on top and on the upper S slopes.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 150    '...coarse ware of both MH and LH type was found, ...'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 123,  Size: 7854 sq. m.  ' ..., over an area at least 100 m. in diameter.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 150, 'MH? LH?'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 123, 'MH? LH?'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 153, ' ... and a flat jar base seem to be LH.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 150, 'MH? LH?'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 123, 'MH? LH?'

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., '72A. Koutsoveri (Mesochori)', pg. 152. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 56 Mesochori: Koutsoveri', pg. 123. 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 75 Mesonchori: Koutsoveri', pg. 150. Online here.