Platanos/Svina: Hab
| PK | C100 |
| TITLE | Platanos∕Svina: Hab |
| WGS84 | 36.785082° N, 22.332831° E |
| Accuracy | 20 m. |
| LAT/LON | 36.785082, 22.332831 |
| LON/LAT | 22.332831, 36.785082 |
| DMS | 36° 47' 6.2952" N | , | 22° 19' 58.1916" E |
| W3W | trims, stretcher, investigating |
| UTM | 34 S, 618926.06, 4071859.65 |
| EGSA87 | 351090, 4072039 |
| Elevation m | 461 |
| Elevation feet | 1512.5 |
| Region | Messenia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015], 'Clay Vessels Figurines Inscriptions'2. Artifacts. Simpson [1957], 232
3. Artifacts. Messenia I, 251 ..the head of a clay figurine..
4. Figurine. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 121 'An odd figurine may be DA.'
5. hab. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 121 'Traces of a small LH III settlement on slopes E of and above the village of Koutiphari.'
6. Settlement. Simpson [1981], 109 'Traces of a small LH III settlement were observed on slopes to east of and above the village of Koutiphari,...'
7. Settlement. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015], 'Type: Settlement'
8. Settlement. Cavanagh et al. [1996], 299 'Ancient remains incl. small LH III settlement; ... '
9. Sherds. Simpson [1981], 109 'A LH III vase was found in limited excavations and a male figurine of odd type may be Mycenaean or Dark Age.'
SITE SIZE
- Simpson [1981] p. 109, Size: sq. m. No size given but Simpson says: "Traces of a small LH III settlement were observed ..."
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , ' ... a small LH settlement, ... '
b. Cavanagh et al. [1996]: 299, 'nl LH g ar cl ... '
2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Messenia I: 251, 'The piece is of unique type and difficult to date; but we are inclined to place it withing LH III to PG ... '
b. Cavanagh et al. [1996]: 299, ' ... small LH III settlement; ... '
3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 109, 'LH III(A-B) DA? A C H'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 121, 'LH III(A-B) DA? A C H'
4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 109, 'LH III(A-B) DA? A C H'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 121, 'LH III(A-B) DA? A C H'
5. Early Iron Age: (1200 BC - 960 BC)
a. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , ' ..., as well as EIA walls, columns and figurines'
6. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1957]: 232,
7. Dark Ages: (1100 BC - 800 BC)
a. Cavanagh et al. [1996]: 299, 'DA (?) figurines; columns, walls; ... '
b. Simpson [1981]: 109, 'LH III(A-B) DA? A C H'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 121, 'LH III(A-B) DA? A C H'
8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Cavanagh et al. [1996]: 299, 'nl LH g ar cl ... '
9. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Cavanagh et al. [1996]: 299, 'nl LH g ar cl ... '
NOTES
1. For the relevant Aristeia Project page see this.
2. For the geography of this area, the springs, and the well-houses see:
- Forster, Edward S.: 'South-Western Laconia. Sites' in The Annual of the British School at Athens, (10) (1903-1904), 158-166 which is online here. Esp. pp. 161-2.
- Forster, Edward S.: 'South-Western Laconia. Inscriptions' in The Annual of the British School at Athens (10) (1903/1904), pp. 167-189 which is online here. Esp. pp. 174-5, no. 19.
- Dickins, Guy: 'Laconia: III. Thalamae' in The Annual of the British School at Athens, (11) (1904/1905), 124-136 which is online here.
3. For a bibliography through 1996 see Cavanagh [1996] 300.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Cavanagh et al. [1996]: Cavanagh, William with Joost Crouwel, R.W.V. Catling, Graham Shipley and others. Continuity and Change in a Greek Rural Landscape: The Laconia Survey. Volume II: Archaeological Data. British School at Athens. 1996, 'LL150', pg. 299.
Online here.
2. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander . Η Κοινωνική Αρχαιολογία του Ελληνικού Κόσμου κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου και την Πρώιμη Αρχαϊκή περίοδο (The Aristeia Project: The Social Archeology of the Greek World during the Early Iron Age and the Early Archaic period), 'Thalamai', Online here.
3. 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., '84. Svina (Koutiphari)', pg. 251.
Online here.
4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 45 Koutiphari: Svina (ancient Thalamai)', pg. 109.
Today Svina is Platanos.
Online here.
5. Simpson [1957]: Simpson, Richard Hope. ‘Identifying a Mycenaean State’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 52, 231-259. 1957., '', pg. 232.
Online here.
6. 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., 'C 49 Koutiphari: Svina (Ancient Thalamae)', pg. 121.
Online here.