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Filiatra: Ayios Ioannis

PK	C385
TITLE	Filiatra: Ayios Ioannis
WGS84	37.180105° N, 21.583945° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.180105, 21.583945
LON/LAT	21.583945, 37.180105

DMS

37° 10' 48.378" N

21° 35' 2.202" E

W3W	pianist, exfoliating, astonishingly
UTM	34 S, 551835, 4115012
EGSA87	285370, 4117298

Elevation m	25
Elevation feet	82
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [2014], 23    'HAB; 2.7 ha; 'large village''
2.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 148    '...the main road has cut through a LH site,...'
3.    hab.   Messenia III, 136    'The prehistoric site included the flat hilltop and gentler NE slopes, ...'
4.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 122    '..a fairly large, and probably important, settlement on this main north-south route.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 122    'Plentiful sherds, mainly coarse, but including a few LH III, were found ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 122,  Size: 27300 sq. m.  ' ... over an extent of about 210 m. north-northwest to south-southeast by 130 m., ... '

- Simpson [2014]  p. ,  Size: 27000 sq. m.  HAB; 2.7 ha; 'large village'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 148,  Size: 27300 sq. m.  '...over an extent c. 210 m. NNW-SSE by 130 m.'

- Messenia III  p. 136,  Size: 18000 sq. m.  '...and its extent was ca. 150 m. NW-SE by 120 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 136, 'A flat strap handle from an open shape and a krater handle in finer white fabric show that LH is represented.'

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 122, ' ..., but including a few LH III, ... '
    b.    Simpson [2014]: 23, 'LH III'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 148, 'LH III(A-B)'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 148, 'LH III(A-B)'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., '22K. Ayios Ioannis (Filiatra)', pg. 135. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 52 Filiatra: Ayios Ioannis', pg. 122. Online here.

3. Simpson [2014]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos. Philadelphia:Instap Academic Press, 2014. , '22K Filiatra: Hagios Ioannis', pg. 23.

4. 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., 'D 64 Filiatra: Ayios Ioannis', pg. 148. Online here.