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Pigadhia: Kokkinochomata

PK	C108
TITLE	Pigadhia: Kokkinochomata
WGS84	37.001405° N, 22.213877° E
Accuracy	1000 m.

LAT/LON	37.001405, 22.213877
LON/LAT	22.213877, 37.001405

DMS

37° 0' 5.058" N

22° 12' 49.9572" E

W3W	rodents, populations, probed
UTM	34 S, 608006, 4095717
EGSA87	340924, 4096231

Elevation m	1159
Elevation feet	3802.5
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Bones.   Simpson [1981], 133    'In an area of limestone outcrops, ... about 4 km. northeast of Sotirianika and 4 km. west of Pigadhia, human bones and prehistoric sherds were found in a collapsed cave.', Pigadhia is F2336, Sotirianika is F213
2.    Cave.   Zavadil [2012], 557    'In einer Höhle entdeckte R. Hope Simpson menschliche Knochen und grobtonige Keramik, ... '
3.    Cave.   Ålin [1962], 89    'Aus Höhlen stammt ... Keramik: ... '
4.    Pottery.   Messenia I, 251    'Mycenaean material includes a hollowed base of LH I stemmed bowl; ... '
5.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 165    ' ... and prehistoric sherds were found.'
6.    Sherds.   Messenia I, 251    ' ...; sherds of LH II-III A stemmed bowls, ... '
7.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 165    'In a collapsed cave ... human bones and prehistoric sherds were found.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 600, '...bronzezeitlich...'

2. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 251, ' some of the coarse ware is N or EH.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 89, ' ... stammt N oder FH, vielleicht MH Keramik; ... '

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 251, 'Another class may be MH.'
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 600, '...mittelhelladisch...'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 133, 'MH? LH I/II? LH III(A-B) "PG"?'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 89, ' ... stammt N oder FH, vielleicht MH Keramik; ... '
    e.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 165, ' ... and possibly MH or early LH, ... ', 'MH? ... '

4. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 165, ' ... and possibly MH or early LH, ... '

5. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 251, ' ... LH I stemmed bowl; ... '
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 600, '...frühmykenische...'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 133, 'MH? LH I/II? LH III(A-B) "PG"?'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 89, ' ...: weiter aus mykenischer Zeit: SH I, SH II - IIIA, ... '
    e.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 165, ' ... LH I/II? ... '

6. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 251, ' ...; sherds of LH II - III A stemmed bowls, ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 133, 'MH? LH I/II? LH III(A-B) "PG"?'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 89, ' ...: weiter aus mykenischer Zeit: SH I, SH II - IIIA, ... '
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 165, ' ... LH I/II? ... '

7. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 165, 'These include LH III ... '

8. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 251, ' ...; sherds of LH II - III A stemmed bowls, ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 133, 'MH? LH I/II? LH III(A-B) "PG"?'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 89, ' ...: weiter aus mykenischer Zeit: SH I, SH II - IIIA, ... '
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 165, ' ... LH III(A-B) ... '

9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 251, ' ...; frgs. in monochrome red on buff fabric LH III B - C (?).'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 133, 'MH? LH I/II? LH III(A-B) "PG"?'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 89, ' ..., aus IIIB oder C monochrom rotbemalte Fragmente.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 165, ' ... LH III(A-B) ... '

10. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 251, ' ...; frgs. in monochrome red on buff fabric LH III B - C (?).'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 89, ' ..., aus IIIB oder C monochrom rotbemalte Fragmente.'

11. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 251, ' ...; a 2-handled vessel has PG parallels.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 165, ' ..., and one (sherd, RHC) possibly PG.',' ... "PG"'

NOTE

1. A cave, Z. "In einer Höhle" C1081,"This position seems best to fit all the constraints but the placement is still notional. The tower should be somewhere along this ridge.

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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., 'Kokkinochomata', pg. 89.

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., '80. Kokkinochomata (Pigadhia)', pg. 251. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 136 Pigadhia: Kokkinochomata', pg. 133. Online here.

4. 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 145 Pigadhia: Kokkinochomata', pg. 165. Online here.

5. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'PIGADIA/KOKKINOCHOMATA PIGADION (EP. KALAMON)', pg. 600. Online here.