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Makrisia: Ayios Elias: Hab

PKC367
TITLEMakrisia: Ayios Elias: Hab
WGS84 37.609511° N, 21.598092° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.609511, 21.598092
LON/LAT 21.598092, 37.609511

DMS 37° 36' 34.2396" N,21° 35' 53.1312" E

W3Wbeverages, reminds, sliding
UTM34 S, 552788, 4162659
EGSA87 287840, 4164916

Elevation m136
Elevation feet 446.2
RegionTriphylia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Hab

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Meyer [1957], 47    '...am westrand der Gipfelfläche dicht beim Kloster im Boden eine Stelle mit reichlichen spät und submykenischen Scherben, aus Gräbern stammend.'
2.    Cist Tomb.   Messenia III, 129    'A cist grave with LH I finds ... '
3.    hab.   Messenia I, 229    'This is a big site, situated across the Alpheios from Drouva (#7).'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 95    'The hill and the slopes ... are strewn with sherds, mainly Mycenaean.'
5.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 69    'McDonald und Simpson fanden hier viele Scherben, ... '
6.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 99    'A small isolated hill c. 2 km. ENE of Makrysia. LH sherds occur on the N and W slopes over an area c. 130 m. N-S by 50 m.'


SITE SIZE

- Messenia I  p. 229,  Size: 8000 sq. m.  'The total area of the hilltop is ca. 100 m. E-W by 80 m. N-S.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 229, '...some admixture of MH (?) coarse ware;'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 95, 'MH LH I-IIA LH III(A2-B) H'
    c.    Messenia III: 129, ' ... supports the general impression of habitation in MH times.'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 69, ' ..., wahrscheinlich auch einige mittelhelladische.'

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 95, 'MH LH I-IIA LH III(A2-B) H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 99, 'MH? LH I/II LH III(A-B) C'
    c.    Messenia III: 129, ' ... with LH I finds ... '

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 99, 'MH? LH I/II LH III(A-B) C'

4. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 95, 'MH LH I-IIA LH III(A2-B) H'

5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Meyer [1957]: 47, ' ... eine Stelle mit reichlichen spät und submykenischen Scherben, ... '

6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 99, 'MH? LH I/II LH III(A-B) C'

7. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 95, 'MH LH I-IIA LH III(A2-B) H'

8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 229, 'Most of the surface pottery is LH III B, ...'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 95, 'MH LH I-IIA LH III(A2-B) H'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 99, 'MH? LH I/II LH III(A-B) C'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 69, ' ..., unter denen besonders solche aus IIIB festgestellt werden konnten, ... '

9. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Meyer [1957]: 47, ' ... eine Stelle mit reichlichen spät und submykenischen Scherben, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Ajios Elias', pg. 69.

2.  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., '14. Ayios Ilias (Makrisia)', pg. 129. Online here.

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., '14. Ayios Elias (Makrisia)', pg. 229. Online here.

4.  Meyer [1957]:  Meyer, Ernst. Neue Peloponnesische Wanderungen. A. Francke AG Verlag. Bern, Switzerland. 1957., '', pg. 47.

5.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 64 Makrysia: Ayios Ilias', pg. 95. 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 87 Makrysia: Yerakovouni', pg. 99. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C367 is at 37.55651° N, 21.54835° E, a straight-line distance of 7 km and 353 m.