Site details

Vasiliko: Veizi

PK	C376
TITLE	Vasiliko: Veizi
WGS84	37.260711° N, 21.896607° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.260711, 21.896607
LON/LAT	21.896607, 37.260711

DMS

37° 15' 38.5596" N

21° 53' 47.7852" E

W3W	caressing, racked, winkle
UTM	34 S, 579504, 4124171
EGSA87	313328, 4125580

Elevation m	132
Elevation feet	433.1
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [2014], 28    'HAB(?) (small); farm(?)'
2.    Lithics.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 296    'HAB. Worked flint'
3.    Settlement.   Messenia III, 141    'The hill probably had a small prehistoric settlement.'
4.    Settlement.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 296    'HAB. Worked flint'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 296, 'MH?'
    b.    Simpson [2014]: 28, '?'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 296, 'LH?'
    b.    Simpson [2014]: 28, 'LH'

3. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 141, ' ..., it reinforces the impression of heavy population density herabouts in the later Bronze Age.'

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, '221 Vasiliko: Veizi', pg. 296.

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., '28A. Veizi (Vasiliko)', pg. 141. Online here.

3. Simpson [2014]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos. Philadelphia:Instap Academic Press, 2014. , '28A Vasiliko: Veizi', pg. 28.