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Kavkania: Agrilitses

PKC481
TITLEKavkania: Agrilitses
WGS84 37.679641° N, 21.62982° E
Accuracy 500 m.

LAT/LON 37.679641, 21.62982
LON/LAT 21.62982, 37.679641

DMS 37° 40' 46.7076" N,21° 37' 47.352" E

W3Wlonelier, plural, pumpkin
UTM34 S, 555536, 4170458
EGSA87 290838, 4172627

Elevation m192
Elevation feet 629.9
RegionElis





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Ålin [1962], 69    ' ... plattenbedeckte Kistengräber ... '
2.    Cem.   BCH [1961], 722    ' ... un groupe de tombes à ciste taillées dans la roche tendre ... '
3.    hab.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 308    'HAB? Large quantities of potsherds'
4.    Settlement.   BCH [1995], 883    ' ..., un habitat du Bronze Moyen et Ancien de vaste étendue ... '
5.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 97    'A probable settlement of MH-LH date...'
6.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 94    '..a probable habitation site here.'
7.    Sherds.   Alram-Stern [2004], 670    ' ... mit Funden früh- und mittelhelladischen Keramik 1994 Ausgrabungen.'
8.    Sherds.   Messenia III, 129    'Close to the area described in 9D ... a large quantity of MH and LH sherds was discovered.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Alram-Stern [2004]: 670, ' ... mit Funden fruh- und mittelhelladischer ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 308, 'MH LH'
    b.    Messenia III: 129, '...MH and LH sherds ...'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 308, 'MH LH (IIIA-B?)'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 97, 'MH LH (IIIA-B?) H'
    e.    Alram-Stern [2004]: 670, ' ... mittelhelladischer ... '

3. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    BCH [1995]: 883, 'Dans une construction remontant à l'HM III, ... '

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 308, 'MH LH'
    b.    Messenia III: 129, '...MH and LH sherds ...'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 69, ' ... auch mykenische Scherben in einem untersuchtem Grab gefunden.'
    d.    BCH [1961]: 722, ' ... tres probablement mycéniennes.'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 308, 'MH LH (IIIA-B?)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 97, 'MH LH (IIIA-B?) H'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 308, 'MH LH (IIIA-B?)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 97, 'MH LH (IIIA-B?) H'

NOTES

1.  Notable for the finding here of the oldest Linear B tablet known.

2.  Poor directions on McDonald's part. Supposedly found in conjunction with C480.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  BCH [1995]:  Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 119, 1995., 'Kafkania', pg. 883. Online here.

2.  BCH [1961]:  Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 85, 1961., 'Kafkania.', pg. 722. Online here.

3.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Kafkania', pg. 69.

4.  Alram-Stern [2004]:  Alram-Stern, Eva. Die ägäische Frühzeit: 2. Serie: Forschungsbericht 1975-2002. 2. Band: Teil 1 und Teil 2: Die Frühbronzezeit in Griechenland mit Ausnahme von Kreta. VÖAW, 'Kavkania', pg. 670. Online here.

5.  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, '328 (9E) Kavkania: Agrilitses', pg. 308.

6.  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., '9E. Agrilitses (Kafkania)', pg. 129. Online here.

7.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 56 Kafkania: Fengaraki and Agrilitses', pg. 94. Online here.

8.  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 79 Kafkania: Fengaraki and Agrilitses', pg. 97. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C481 is at 37.57063° N, 21.52799° E, a straight-line distance of 15 km and 95 m.