Site details

Kokkala

PK	C339
TITLE	Kokkala
WGS84	37.262873° N, 22.058358° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.262873, 22.058358
LON/LAT	22.058358, 37.262873

DMS

37° 15' 46.3428" N

22° 3' 30.0888" E

W3W	candle, mushy, polite
UTM	34 S, 593845, 4124559
EGSA87	327678, 4125513

Elevation m	549
Elevation feet	1801.2
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 294    'HAB? Valmin reports prehistoric walls, ... '
2.    hab.   Messenia I, 235    'A leading candidate for ancient Ampheia.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Neolithic: (6500 BC - 3200 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 294, 'N?'

2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 294, 'EH?'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 294, 'LH?'

4. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 294, 'G?'

NOTE

1.

Kastra.eu has a good description of the Castle of Gardiki here
Find a popular description of the castle of Gardiki (and with fine photographs) here. (Greek)
See the description of Gardiki in W. Kendrick Pritchett, Studies in Ancient Greek Topography, Part V, 39 ff. It may be found online here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: McDonald, William A. and George R. Rapp, Jr.. The Minnesota Messenia Expedition: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Regional Environment. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. 1972, '211 (33) Loutro: Kokkala (C Ampheia?)', pg. 294.

2. 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., '33. Kokkala', pg. 235. Online here.