Lefki Kaldamou (I24)
| PK | C316 |
| TITLE | Lefki Kaldamou (I24) |
| WGS84 | 37.040564° N, 21.680323° E |
| Accuracy | 20 m. |
| LAT/LON | 37.040564, 21.680323 |
| LON/LAT | 21.680323, 37.040564 |
| DMS | 37° 2' 26.0304" N | , | 21° 40' 49.1628" E |
| W3W | gangway, beefed, suckled |
| UTM | 34 S, 560501, 4099589 |
| EGSA87 | 293549, 4101601 |
| Elevation m | 237 |
| Elevation feet | 777.6 |
| Region | Messenia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE mound
TYPE
1. Mound. Boyd [2001], 134 'Description: six (or more) middle Helladic burial mounds.' of which C316 is the second. This is PRAP I24.2. Mound. Davis and Bennet [2017], 44 Implied. Authors simply say ' ... a natural knoll, ... '
3. mound. Zavadil [2012], 599 'tumuli', 'Site I 24: Funde: Steinplatten (zwei Kistengräber?), Ziegel, einige Knochen.'
4. Mound. Messenia I, 239 'Six large mounds on or near the crest of the high ridge stretching from the Ambelofito area down toward the sea at Tragana.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Boyd [2001]: 135, 'Chronology: MH and post prehistoric.'
b. Zavadil [2012]: 599, 'Sechs als mittelhelladische Tumuli angesprochene Hügel entdeckten W. McDonald und R. Hope Simpson ... '
c. Messenia I: 239, 'There are few surface sherds except fragments of coarse pithoi. Some of these are typical MH "oatmeal" ware ... '
2. Unknown: (0 BC - 0 BC)
a. Davis and Bennet [2017]: 44, 'Few artifacts, even tile, were found at this location.'
NOTES
1. Photographs of I24 in
Messenia I, Plate 78 a,
Davis and Bennet [2017], 45, Fig. 33
Boyd [2001] 135, Figs. A1.21.3 and A1.21.4.
2. Marker placed based on the map in Spencer [1995] 285, fig. 5 and the photograph in Davis and Bennett [2017] 45, fig. 33.
3. This is the caption for Spencer [1995], 285, Figure 5:
The Middle Helladic tumuli on the Tragana ridge (UMME site 14) in relation to the Palace of Nestor at Ano Engliano as surveyed by PRAP. The suggested correlation between the tumuli mapped here and the diagram of the tumuli presented in McDonald and Hope-Simpson 1961: ill. 9, p. 239 (assessed on the basis of topography and the compass bearings given in the latter publication) is as follows:
PRAP tumulus I23 = McDonald and Hope-Simpson n. 4;
I24 = no. 3;
i25 = no. 6;
i26 = no. 1;
I27 = no. 5;
The location of the McDonald and Hope-Simpson tumulus no. 2 is unclear, and it seems that the road from Tragana to Ambelofyto ('Agorelitsa' in McDonald and Hope-Simpson) has changed course.'
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '21: Léfki Kaldámou', pg. 134.
Online here.
2. 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., 'I24 Lefki Kaldamou (2)', pg. 44.
3. 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., '43. Kaldamou (Levki)', pg. 239.
Online here.
4. Spencer [1995]: Spencer, Nigel. ‘Heroic Time: Monuments And The Past In Messenia’, Southwest Greece', Oxford Journal of Archaeology (14:3), 277-292. 1995., '', Online here.
5. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Levki/Kaldamou (Ep. Triphylias)', pg. 599.
Online here.