Site details

Tourla (Aspra Spitia)

PK	C342
TITLE	Tourla (Aspra Spitia)
WGS84	37.59332° N, 21.78997° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.59332, 21.78997
LON/LAT	21.78997, 37.59332

DMS

37° 35' 35.952" N

21° 47' 23.892" E

W3W	securing, elects, eligibility
UTM	34 S, 569739, 4160988
EGSA87	304736, 4162703

Elevation m	80
Elevation feet	262.5
Region	Elis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 100    'Prehistoric sherds are spread sparsely over the hill and plateau over a maximum area of c. 200 m. E-W by 150 m.'
2.    hab.   AD[1999], 236
3.    hab.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 308    'HAB. Roof tiles'
4.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 71    'Sperling fand hier 1939 Reste von Besiedlung aus FH, SH, ... Zeit.'
5.    Settlement.   Sperling [1942], 86    ' ... was the site of settlements of the Early Helladic, ... '
6.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 98    'Bronze Age and later sherds are spread sparsely over the hilltop...'
7.    Sherds.   Messenia I, 227    'Sperling noted EH and LH pottery, as well as C and H. Our own sherds include fragments resembling MH from Pisa and some which might be LH, but nothing specifically EH.'

SITE SIZE

- McDonald and Rapp [1972]  p. 308,  Size: 30000 sq. m.  '200 m E-W x 150 (max.)(3 ha)'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 100,  Size: 30000 sq. m.  '...over a maximum area of c. 200 m. E-W by 150 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 98, 'It is unfortunate that the Bronze Age sherds could not be closely dated.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 100, 'They are certainly BA, ...'

2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 308, 'EH?'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 71, ' ... Reste von Besiedlung aus FH, SH, ... Zeit.'
    c.    Sperling [1942]: 86, ' ... was the site of settlements of the Early Helladic, ... '

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 227, 'Our own sherds include fragments resembling MH from Pisa .... '
    b.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 308, 'MH?'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 100, 'They are certainly BA, and MH is the most likely.'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 71, ' ..., konnten aber Besiedlung in MH ... Zeit feststellen.'

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 227, 'Sperling noted EH and LH pottery, ... '
    b.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 308, 'LH?'
    c.    AD[1999]: 236,
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 71, ' ... Reste von Besiedlung aus FH, SH, ... Zeit.'
    e.    Sperling [1942]: 86, ' ... was the site of settlements of the ..., Late Helladic, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1999]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 54, '', pg. 236.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Tourla', pg. 71.

3. 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, '329 (10) Aspra Spitia', pg. 308.

4. 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., '10. Tourla (Aspra Spitia)', pg. 227. Online here.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Aspra Spitia: Tourla', pg. 98. Online here.

6. 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., 'B 90 Aspra Spitia: Tourla', pg. 100. Online here.

7. Sperling [1942]: Sperling, Jerome. ‘Explorations in Elis, 1939’, American Journal of Archaeology (46:1), 77-89. 1942., '38. Tourla ... ', pg. 86. Online here.