Tragana: Kapoureika
| PK | C112 |
| TITLE | Tragana: Kapoureika |
| WGS84 | 37.023298° N, 21.6727° E |
| Accuracy | 100 m. |
| LAT/LON | 37.023298, 21.6727 |
| LON/LAT | 21.6727, 37.023298 |
| DMS | 37° 1' 23.8728" N | , | 21° 40' 21.72" E |
| W3W | backgammon, annoy, mention |
| UTM | 34 S, 559836, 4097668 |
| EGSA87 | 292824, 4099701 |
| Elevation m | 150 |
| Elevation feet | 492.1 |
| Region | Messenia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Mound. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 133 ' ... road construction destroyed a multiple burial mound ... '2. Mound. Messenia I, 239 'A burial mound was destroyed in road building operations in the periphereia of Kato Diakoupia which is ca. 1 1/2 km. north of Tragana village ... '
3. Mound. McDonald and Rapp [1972], 266 'CEM. Multiple burial mound; frags. of pithoi and stone slabs'
4. Pottery. Messenia I, 239 'A pithos was revealed in the west bank of the road and a rim fragment still visible ... '
5. Sherds. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 133 ' ... indicated by fragments of pithoi ... '
6. Tumulus. Whittaker [2014], 246
7. Tumulus. Hielte-Stavropoulou [2004], 22 'More than 50% of the Middle Helladic tumuli were located ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 266, 'MH (pithoi mainly)'
b. Whittaker [2014]: ,
c. Hielte-Stavropoulou [2004]: ,
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 133, 'MH?'
e. Messenia I: 239, ? 'Apparently this ridge was the site of a very large MH (... '
2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Messenia I: 239, ? ' ... a very large MH (and early Mycenaean?) cemetery.'
NOTE
1. The directions to this site in Messenia I 239, no. 44 ('Kapoureika-Diakoupia') are internally inconsistent nor can they be reconciled with Simpson and Dickinson [1979]. Kato Diakoupia is F6302.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Hielte-Stavropoulou [2004]: Hielte-Stavropoulou, Maria. ‘Traces of ritual in Middle Helladic funeral contexts including an assessment of geographical location’, Wedde [2004] 9-30., '', pg. 22.
'More than 50% of the Middle Helladic tumuli were located on hill tops, in prominent positions either ON THE TOP or
ON THE EDGE, obviously meant to be visible. Most of them are in Messenia and in southern Triphyllia [32] ..' Footnote 32 'Samikon-Klidi; Tragana-Kapoureika; Leuki-Kaldamou; Milioti-Aghios Ilias; Pirgos-Tsouka; Pila-Vigles; Papoulia-Aghios Ioannis; Routsi (not specially prominent location); Valta-Kastraki; Peristeria Middle Helladic grave 313.'
2. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: McDonald, William A. and George R. Rapp, Jr.. The Minnesota Messenia Expedition: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Regional Environment. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. 1972, '13 (44) Tragana: Kapoureika', pg. 266.
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., '44. Kapoureika-Diakoupia', pg. 239.
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 13 Tragana: Kapoureika', pg. 133.
Online here.
5. Whittaker [2014]: Whittaker, Helène. Religion and Society in Middle Bronze Age Greece. Cambridge University Press. United Kingdom. 2014. , '', pg. 246.
'Tragana/Kapoureika A possible tumulus is located at the Tragana end of the Tragana-Ambelofito ridge.[92] It has been destroyed. Stone slabs and fragments of Middle Helladic pithoi indicate burials. It may have been associated with the Middle Helladic settlement in the area of the palace at Pylos.' Footnote 92: 'McDonald & Rapp 1972, 266-267; McDonald & Hope Simpson 1961, 239; Hope Simpson & Dickinson 1979, 133 (D 13); Spencer 1995; Boyd 2002, 133.'