Site details

Strephi/Strefi

PK	C474
TITLE	Strephi∕Strefi
WGS84	37.67077° N, 21.547179° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.67077, 21.547179
LON/LAT	21.547179, 37.67077

DMS

37° 40' 14.772" N

21° 32' 49.8444" E

W3W	intersection, imitations, cathode
UTM	34 S, 548255, 4169428
EGSA87	283523, 4171830

Elevation m	88
Elevation feet	288.7
Region	Elis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 94    '...two Mycenaean chamber tombs on the north side of the village.'
2.    Cem.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 304    'CEM. 2 chamber tombs; EHII pottery and 4 H tombs (near new railroad bridge)'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   Messenia III, 128    'Two chamber tombs containing LH IIIB vases were discovered in a field belonging to Ioannis Vamvakas, near this village.'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Messenia II, 230    'A Mycenaean III B chamber tomb is reported by Yalouris.'
5.    Chamber Tomb.   Hood [1961], 11    'A Mycenaean III B chamber tomb was explored by Yialouris near Strefi (Pirgou).'
6.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 98    'An EH II settlement, two LH III chamber tombs, and a DA pithos burial ...'
7.    Tomb.   AD[1961], 104

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 304, 'EH LHIIIB ...'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 94, 'EH II LH III(A2-B) "PG"'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 98, 'EH II LH III(A2-B) "PG" H'

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 94, 'EH II LH III(A2-B) "PG"'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 98, 'EH II LH III(A2-B) "PG" H'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 304, 'EH LHIIIB ...'
    b.    Messenia III: 128, '...containing LH IIIB vases...'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 94, 'EH II LH III(A2-B) "PG"'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 98, 'EH II LH III(A2-B) "PG" H'
    e.    AD[1961]: 104,
    f.    Messenia II: 230, 'A Mycenaean III B chamber tomb ... '
    g.    Hood [1961]: 11, 'A Mycenaean III B chamber tomb ... '

5. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 98, 'EH II LH III(A2-B) "PG" H'

NOTE

1. This mark was placed approx. 200 m. NNW (bearing 337.5°) of the intersection at 37.669078°, 21.548033°. This should be accurate to within 50 m. See McDonald and Rapp [1972], 304, no. 309, '200 m N-NW'.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1961]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 16, '', pg. 104.

2. Hood [1961]: Hood, M.S.F.. ‘Archaeology in Greece, 1961-62’, Archaeological Reports, viii, pp. 3-31, 1961-1962., '', pg. 11. Online here.

3. 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, '309 (4A) Strefi', pg. 304.

4. Messenia II: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Exploration in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1962-1963’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 68, No. 3 (Jul., 1964), pp. 229-245., '4A. Strephi', pg. 230. Online here.

5. 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., '4A. Strephi', pg. 128. Online here.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 58 Strephi', pg. 94. Online here.

7. 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 82 Strefi', pg. 98. Online here.