PKey Report
      
PKC168
TITLEAetos: Palaiokastro
WGS84 37.243872° N, 21.842411° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.243872, 21.842411
LON/LAT 21.842411, 37.243872

DMS 37° 14' 37.9392" N,21° 50' 32.6796" E

W3Wimpiety, unhurt, refrigerate
UTM34 S, 574715.08, 4122258.87
EGSA87 308479, 4123820

Elevation m434
Elevation feet 1423.9
RegionMessenia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Fort

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 138    'The upper northeast and east terraces above the track were strewn with mediaeval and Bronze Age sherds over an area about 100 m. northwest to southeast by 80 m. They include MH and LH ... '

2.    sherds.   Messenia III, 140    '...a fair number of prehistoric sherds can be distinguished. One fragment is from a vertical handle of gray fabric with incised decoration similar to "Adriatic" ware found at Malthi ...'

3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 175    'The upper NE and E terraces above the track to Dhrosopiyi were strewn with mediaeval and BA sherds over an area c. 100 m. NW-SE by 80 m.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 138,  Size: 8000 sq. m.  ' ... over an area about 100 m. northwest to southeast by 80 m.'



PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 138 'MH LH', 'They (sherds, rhc) include MH and LH ... '

    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 175 'MH incised ware ...'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 138 'MH LH', 'They (sherds, rhc) include MH and LH ... '

    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 175 '...and some LH were found...'


NOTE

1.  Position verified by ground check on Oct. 12, 2023

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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., '26B. Paliokastro (A?tos)', pg. 140. Online here.

2.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 215 Aetos: Palaiokastro', pg. 138. Online here.

3.  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., 'D 225 Aetos: Palaiokastro', pg. 175. Online here.