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Methoni: Nisakouli

PK	C271
TITLE	Methoni: Nisakouli
WGS84	36.805175° N, 21.718883° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.805175, 21.718883
LON/LAT	21.718883, 36.805175

DMS

36° 48' 18.63" N

21° 43' 7.9788" E

W3W	soybeans, unsuccessful, tolerant
UTM	34 S, 564127, 4073501
EGSA87	296354, 4075400

Elevation m	2
Elevation feet	6.6
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AAA[1969], 10
2.    cem.   Boyd [2001], 102    ''middle Helladic' altar closely associated with burials; pithos burial amid habitation.'
3.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 152    '...excavation produced MH structures, one identified as an altar, and burials.'
4.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 123    'Excavation revealed MH structures, one identified as an altar, and burials.'
5.    Sherds.   Messenia III, 153    'The majority (of sherds, rhc) seem to belong to MH.'
6.    Wall.   Zavadil [2012], 536    'Er (A. Choremis, rhc) fand an zwei Stellen Mauerreste ... : Im Ostteil des Grabungsareals entdeckte er zwei etwa 1,30 m lange Mauern, die in einem rechten Winkel aufeinanderstießen.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 536, 'Man ergrub Reste einer spät-mittelhelladischen Siedlung.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 123, 'MH LH III(A-B)'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 152, 'MH LH III(A-B)'
    d.    Messenia III: 153, 'The majority seem to belong to MH. One piece is true gray Minyan and several are black Minyan imitations ..., '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AAA[1969]: 10,
    b.    Messenia III: 154, 'There are a few Mycenaean pieces on the top surface, ... '

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 123, 'MH LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 152, 'MH LH III(A-B)'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 123, 'MH LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 152, 'MH LH III(A-B)'

NOTE

1. The reader may glean more from J. Kraft and S. Aschenbrenner, 'Paleogeographic Reconstructions in the Methoni Embayment in Greece', Journal of Field Archaeology (4:1), 19-44. 1977. (paywall). An abstract may be seen here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AAA[1969]: Archaiologika analekta ex Athenon, Athens, Greece. 1969, '', pg. 10.

2. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '3: Nisakouli (Methoni)', pg. 102. Online here.

3. 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., '72D. Nisakkouli (Methoni)', pg. 153. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 57 Methoni: Nisakouli', pg. 123. Online here.

5. 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 80 Methone: Nisakouli', pg. 152. Online here.

6. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'NISAKOULI (METHONI) (EP. PYLIAS)', pg. 536. Online here.