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Charakopio: Demotic School

PK	C267
TITLE	Charakopio: Demotic School
WGS84	36.810435° N, 21.912776° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	36.810435, 21.912776
LON/LAT	21.912776, 36.810435

DMS

36° 48' 37.566" N

21° 54' 45.9936" E

W3W	queried, purrs, toymaker
UTM	34 S, 581417, 4074232
EGSA87	313666, 4075588

Elevation m	131
Elevation feet	429.8
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [2014], 24    'HAB, CEM; 1.5 ha (minimum); tholos; village'
2.    settlement.   Simpson [1981], 127    'Traces of a LH III settlement were found on the low broad hill about 200 m. to south of the tholos, in the course of levelling the playground.'
3.    settlement.   Zavadil [2012], 304    'Mauerreste und Keramik, 11 die bei Planierungsarbeiten anläßlich der Errichtung eines Kinderspielplatzes 200 m südlich der Tholos zutage gefördert worden waren, deuten auf die Existenz einer Siedlung (vielleicht in SH IIIB) in diesem Bereich hin.'
4.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 88    'In der nähe fand Yalouris 1960 mykenische Scherben.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 127,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  'Its extent is at least 150 m. east to west by 100 m.'

- Simpson [2014]  p. 24,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  ' ...; 1.5 ha (minimum); ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 88, ' ... mykenische ... '

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 24, 'LH I/II(?), LH III(A-B), C, H, R'

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 24, 'LH I/II(?), LH III(A-B), C, H, R'

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 127, 'Traces of a LH III settlement were found on the low broad hill about 200 m. to south of the tholos, ... '

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 24, 'LH I/II(?), LH III(A-B), C, H, R'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 24, 'LH I/II(?), LH III(A-B), C, H, R'
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 304, 'vielleicht in SH IIIB'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Charakopio', pg. 88.

2. 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., '74. Charakopio', pg. 233. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 111 Charakopio: Demotic School', pg. 127. Online here.

4. Simpson [2014]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos. Philadelphia:Instap Academic Press, 2014. , '74 Charakopeio: Demotic School', pg. 24.

5. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'CHAROKOPEIO (EP. PYLIAS)', pg. 303. Especially p. 304 under 'Siedlung'.
Online here.