PKey Report

PK	C249
TITLE	Yialova: Palaiochori
WGS84	36.955219° N, 21.706715° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.955219, 21.706715
LON/LAT	21.706715, 36.955219

DMS

36° 57' 18.7884" N

21° 42' 24.174" E

W3W	powers, outpaces, setback
UTM	34 S, 562918.02, 4090137.97
EGSA87	295668, 4092074

Elevation m	51
Elevation feet	167.3
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1. Artifacts. Messenia I, 242 'Local reports mention "tiles" and a gold ring.'

2. hab. Messenia I, 242 'This was undoubtedly a very important habitation site with fertile plains on either side ... '

3. hab. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 142 'LH sherds were abundant on the summit (c 150 m. N-S by 120 m.) and found more sparsely on the lower W terraces.'

4. Settlement. Simpson [2014], 21 'HAB; 5.4 ha (maximum; ...); "large village"'

5. Settlement. Simpson [1981], 118 '...possibly the "capital" of a region in LH IIIB.'

6. Sherds. Messenia I, 242 'Sherds from the Palaiochori site include LH III B plain kylix feet, jug spouts, and painted fragments from deep bowls and kylixes.'

7.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 86    'McDonald und Simpson fanden hier IIIB-Scherben, wie Kylixfüsse, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Messenia I  p. ,  Size: 93000 sq. m.  ' ... with a total extent of ca. 150 m. N-S by 120 m. E-W.' , 'Sparser sherds occur on the lower west terraces for an additional area of ca. 250 m. E-W by 300 m. N-S.'

- Simpson [2014]  p. 21,  Size: 54000 sq. m.  'HAB; 5.4 ha (maximum; ... '

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 142,  Size: 18000 sq. m.  '...on the summit (c 150 m. N-S by 120 m.) ...'

- Simpson [1981]  p. 118,  Size: 18000 sq. m.  '(an area about 150 m. north to south by 120 m.) ... This was clearly an important Mycenaean settlement, possibly the "capital" of a region in LH IIIB'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)

    a.    Simpson [2014]: 21 'LH III(A-B)'

    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 142 'LH III(A-B)'

    c.    Simpson [1981]: 118 'LH III(A-)B'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)

    a.    Messenia I: 242 'Sherds from the Palaiochori site include LH III B plain kylix feet, jug spouts, and painted fragments from deep bowls and kylixes.'

    b.    Simpson [2014]: 21 'LH III(A-B)'

    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 142 'LH III(A-B)'

    d.    Simpson [1981]: 118 'LH III(A-)B'

    e.    Ålin [1962]: 86 ' ... IIIB-Scherben, ... '

NOTE

1. With respect to site location Messenia I, 242, no. 58 says ' ... above and east of the village of Gialova, at the western extremity of the ridge called Dapia ... '. Also the site is on 'The summit ...'. This should be sufficient to place the site where I have put it but with this cavil. The elevation of the selected site is about 51 m. but our authors give the site elevation as ' ... ca. 80 m. a.s.l.'. And there is another summit, just 210 m. to the SE, that does have an elevation of about 75 m. I suggest, however, that McDonald and Simpson's describing the site as ' ... at the western extremity of the ridge ... ' settles the question.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Palaiochori', pg. 86.

2. Messenia I: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Habitation in Southwestern Peloponnese’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jul., 1961), pp. 221-260., '58. Palaiochori (Gialova)', pg. 242. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 23 Yialova: Palaiochori', pg. 118. Online here.

4. Simpson [2014]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos. Philadelphia:Instap Academic Press, 2014. , '58 Yialova: Palaiochori', pg. 21.

5. 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 42 Yialova: Palaiochori', pg. 142. Online here.