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Iklaina School

PKC6565
TITLEIklaina School
WGS84 36.994783° N, 21.72332° E
Accuracy 50 m.

LAT/LON 36.994783, 21.72332
LON/LAT 21.72332, 36.994783

DMS 36° 59' 41.2188" N,21° 43' 23.952" E

W3Wconstitutes, afflict, spouse
UTM34 S, 564363, 4094538
EGSA87 297252, 4096428

Elevation m189
Elevation feet 620.1
RegionMessenia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Pottery

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Messenia III, 149    'A pithos (base and lower part missing) was found near the grade school in Iklaina.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 149, 'Raised bands of "rope decoration" made by finger impressions suggest it is MH.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  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., '52. Traganes (Iklaina)', pg. 149. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6565 is at 36.95011° N, 21.7014° E, a straight-line distance of 5 km and 341 m.