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Osmanaga: NS Canal

PKC6562
TITLEOsmanaga: NS Canal
WGS84 36.969975° N, 21.674268° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 36.969975, 21.674268
LON/LAT 21.674268, 36.969975

DMS 36° 58' 11.91" N,21° 40' 27.3648" E

W3Wdecoded, envisage, reviewers
UTM34 S, 560018, 4091754
EGSA87 292819, 4093781

Elevation m-1
Elevation feet -3.3
RegionMessenia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Messenia II, 232    'For ca. 250 m. toward the N end of the westernmost of the series of NS canals in the N part of the lagoon, there are scattered sherds.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Messenia II: 232, 'Fragments collected inclcude an EH sauceboat base of the high variety ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia II: 232, 'A couple of pieces are possibly Mycenaean.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  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., '59C.', pg. 232. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6562 is at 36.96473° N, 21.66256° E, a straight-line distance of 1 km and 194 m.