Site details

Nissaki: MS103

PK	C5016
TITLE	Nissaki: MS103
WGS84	37.576135° N, 23.390485° E
Accuracy	10 m.

LAT/LON	37.576135, 23.390485
LON/LAT	23.390485, 37.576135

DMS

37° 34' 34.086" N

23° 23' 25.746" E

W3W	logging, rations, reciprocal
UTM	34 S, 711096, 4161474
EGSA87	446030, 4158675

Elevation m	12
Elevation feet	39.4
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997], 152
2.    Lithics.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 55    ' ... sherds and obsidian ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 55    'And in 1959 EH II sherds and obsidian were observed on the promontory to S of Loutra Methanon ... '

SITE SIZE

- Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]  p. 152,  Size: 4800 sq. m.  'Site Size. 4800 m^2.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: 152, 'EH: Red-slipped and burnished decoration ...'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 55, 'EH II LH ... '

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: 152, 'MH: One UP and three Matt-Painted sherds.', UP = Unpainted.

4. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: 152, 'LH: Two sherds, an alabastron base and a decorated open sherd are certainly LHI-II ...'

5. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: 152, 'LH: Two sherds, an alabastron base and a decorated open sherd are certainly LHI-II ...'

6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Mee and Forbes (eds.) [1997]: 152, '...and LHIII is also represented in the form of a deep bowl ...'

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., 'MS103', pg. 152.

2. 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., 'A 35 Loutra Methanon: Vromolimni etc.', pg. 55. Online here.