Site details

Oga Plateau: MS67

PK	C5015
TITLE	Oga Plateau: MS67
WGS84	37.617108° N, 23.411783° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.617108, 23.411783
LON/LAT	23.411783, 37.617108

DMS

37° 37' 1.5888" N

23° 24' 42.4188" E

W3W	scrawls, peoples, mats
UTM	34 S, 712860, 4166069
EGSA87	447939, 4163209

Elevation m	63
Elevation feet	206.7
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997], 148    'Interpretation. EH - MED settlement site.'

SITE SIZE

-   p. 146,  Size: 15400 sq. m.  'EH: 15400 m^2'

-   p. 146,  Size: 11200 sq. m.  'LH: 11200 m²'

- Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]  p. 146,  Size: 11200 sq. m.  'LH: 11200 m²'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: 146, 'EH: The RCGR includes four sherds ...', RCGR = 'rather coarse gritty reddish', RHC

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: 147, 'MH: Three closed sherds ...'

3. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: 147, 'LH: At least two of the Mycenaean sherds are LHI-II ...'

4. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: 147, 'LH: At least two of the Mycenaean sherds are LHI-II ...'

5. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: 147, 'The LHIII pottery includes ten kylikes ...'

NOTE

1. For a discussion of the cult aspects of this site and its possible relationship to Poseidon Phytalamios see the penultimate paragraph ('In the area of Oga of Methana, ... ') in Eleni Consolaki-Giannopoulou, 'The Mycenaean Sanctuary in Saint Constantine of Methana; A large building complex', archaeology and arts, March 28, 2016 which is online here.

Boundary stones have been found near this site which seem to establish the tie. See Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997] 270, nos. 5 and 6.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: Mee, Christopher and Hamish Forbes. A Rough and Rocky Place: The Landscape and Settlement History of the Methana Peninsula, Greece. Liverpool University Press, 1997., 'MS67', pg. 146.