Site details

Ayios Nikolaos of Manaris

PK	C5983
TITLE	Ayios Nikolaos of Manaris
WGS84	37.41616° N, 22.31245° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.41616, 22.31245
LON/LAT	22.31245, 37.41616

DMS

37° 24' 58.176" N

22° 18' 44.82" E

W3W	chirpy, vets, multitask
UTM	34 S, 616140, 4141848
EGSA87	350516, 4142089

Elevation m	725
Elevation feet	2378.6
Region	Arcadia

GENERAL SITE TYPE hab

TYPE

1.    Activity.   Parker [2008], 276    '..., the pattern of activity in the Asea Valley is different from the 'usual', where sites, except for Kato Asea- Palaiokastro (45), are positioned on hill slopes (Ayios Nikolaos of Manaris (47)) or ...'
2.    Farmstead.   Forsén and Forsén [2003], 87    'During the EH, LH, ... the site is interpreted as a farmstead (or some other type of special purpose site), ...'
3.    hab.   Forsén and Forsén [2003], 87

SITE SIZE

- Forsén and Forsén [2003]  p. 87,  Size: 48000 sq. m.  'Total size of the site: ca. 300x160 m. ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH I: (3100 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 87, 'Date and Function: EH I-II, LH III, ...'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 87, 'Date and Function: EH I-II, LH III, ...'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Parker [2008]: 320, 'Table A2.18: All Late Helladic Sites.'

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Forsén and Forsén [2003]: 87, 'Date and Function: EH I-II, LH III, ...'

NOTES

1. The church of Ayios Nikolaos is at F2800.

2. Forsén and Forsén [2003] 87 give the position as: "Location: Below Agios Nikolaos of Manaris, on both sides of the Tripolis-Kalamata railroad. Alt. 692-740."

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Forsén and Forsén [2003]: Forsén, Jeannette. and Björn Forsén. The Asea Valley Survey: An Arcadian Mountain Valley from the Palaeolithic Period until Modern Times. Astrom Editions, Stockholm, 2003., 'S 18. Palaiochoraki, Agios Nikolaos of Manaris', pg. 87.

2. Parker [2008]: Parker, Catherine Ruth. Arkadia in Transition: Exploring Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Human Landscapes. Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the University of Birmingham. Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, School of Historical Studies. The University of Birmingham, January 2008., 'Table 6.1: LH sites of the everyday.', pg. 213. Online here.