Site details

Valta: Kastraki: Hab

PK	C442
TITLE	Valta: Kastraki: Hab
WGS84	37.097926° N, 21.628113° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.097926, 21.628113
LON/LAT	21.628113, 37.097926

DMS

37° 5' 52.5336" N

21° 37' 41.2068" E

W3W	geographical, supplemental, distort
UTM	34 S, 555816, 4105920
EGSA87	289064, 4108080

Elevation m	217
Elevation feet	711.9
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Cem.   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. Material associated with the burials is of LH IIIA-B date.'
2.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 122    'The evidence for Mycenaean and earlier habitation at Valta suggests a settlement of considerable importance, ... '
3.    Sherds.   Heath [nd],     'In 1994 two distinct concentrations of painted Mycenaean pottery were eroding from this scarp, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 122,  Size: 8400 sq. m.  'Coarse prehistoric sherds were found spread sparsely over an area about 150 m. northwest to southeast by 120 m., ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 122, 'Prehistoric sherds, mainlly MH, are spread thickly between the knolls and down the south and west slopes ... '

2. Middle Helladic II: (1900 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Heath [nd]: , Finds from the site, other than those associated with the burials already described, were of MH-LH II date, with the exception of a few modern tiles and sherds.

3. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Heath [nd]: , Finds from the site, other than those associated with the burials already described, were of MH-LH II date, with the exception of a few modern tiles and sherds.

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 122, ' ... a settlement of considerable importance, especially in the LH period.'

5. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Heath [nd]: , Finds from the site, other than those associated with the burials already described, were of MH-LH II date, with the exception of a few modern tiles and sherds.

6. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Heath [nd]: , Finds from the site, other than those associated with the burials already described, were of MH-LH II date, with the exception of a few modern tiles and sherds.

NOTE

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

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 50 Valta: Ayios Pandeleimony and Kastraki', pg. 122. MME 58 and 59
Online here.