Site details

Valta: Kastraki: Bulldozed Road

PK	C441
TITLE	Valta: Kastraki: Bulldozed Road
WGS84	37.098542° N, 21.627105° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.098542, 21.627105
LON/LAT	21.627105, 37.098542

DMS

37° 5' 54.7512" N

21° 37' 37.578" E

W3W	original, proteins, negotiations
UTM	34 S, 555726, 4105988
EGSA87	288976, 4108151

Elevation m	239
Elevation feet	784.1
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Burial.   Heath [nd],     'The pottery and stones seem clearly to be the remains of burials, perhaps of a monumental tomb, cut by the bulldozing of the dirt road.'
2.    Cem.   Davis and Bennet [2017], 50    'These seem clearly to be the remains of burials, perhaps of a monumental tomb.'
3.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 147    'At the NE end of the ridge is a knoll in the sides of which can be seen large stones and pithos fragments, ... '
4.    Tomb.   Boyd [2001], 160    'The damaged tomb noted by McDonald & Hope Simpson was however noted by PRAP. It consists of a stone arc visible in a section cut in making the track.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Heath [nd]: , PRAP K03
    b.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 50, 'Material associated with the burials is of LH IIIA - B date.'

2. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 160, 'LHIIIA1 for the destroyed burial.'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Heath [nd]: , PRAP K03
    b.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 50, 'Material associated with the burials is of LH IIIA - B date.'

NOTES

1. This blog post by RHC examines the geography of Valta in detail.

2. Bones eroding from a scarp cut by a bulldozer building a road and about 75 m from the highway.

rhc

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '29: Válta Kastráki', pg. 159. Online here.

2. Davis and Bennet [2017]: Davis, Jack L. and John Bennet (eds.). The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project; A Retrospective. American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2017., 'K 3 Valta Kastraki', pg. 50.

3. Heath [nd]: Heath, Sebastian. PRAP Site Gazetteer, 'K03 Valta Kastraki', pg. 1. Online here. Online here.

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 59 Valta: Kastraki', pg. 147. Online here.