Site details

Pidima: Ayios Ioannis

PK	C113
TITLE	Pidima: Ayios Ioannis
WGS84	37.133617° N, 22.045642° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.133617, 22.045642
LON/LAT	22.045642, 37.133617

DMS

37° 8' 1.0212" N

22° 2' 44.3112" E

W3W	shuddering, severe, delivering
UTM	34 S, 592875, 4110207
EGSA87	326255, 4111195

Elevation m	17
Elevation feet	55.8
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Valmin [1930], 53
2.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 129    'The Mycenaean settlement seems confined to the west side of the road, ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 162    ' ..., plentiful LH sherds over an area at least ... '
4.    Sherds.   Messenia II, 236    'The prehistoric pottery seems to occur only on the W side of the road and ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 129,  Size: 40000 sq. m.  Plentiful LH sherds cover an area at least 250 m. east to west by 160 m.

- Messenia II  p. 236,  Size: 40000 sq. m.  ' ... to cover an area at least 250 m. E-W by 160 m. N-S.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 162,  Size: 40000 sq. m.  ' ... cover an area at least 250 m. E-W by 160 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 162, 'The LH site seems confined to the W side of the road to S and W of the chapel of Ayios Ioannis ... '

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 129, 'LH I/II LH III(A-B) A? C H'
    b.    Messenia II: 236, 'Two flat bases of stemmed goblets may be assigned to LH I or LH II.'

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 129, 'LH I/II LH III(A-B) A? C H'
    b.    Messenia II: 236, 'Two flat bases of stemmed goblets may be assigned to LH I or LH II.'

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Valmin [1930]: 53,
    b.    Messenia II: 236, 'Fragments of LH III kylikes and deep bowls are common.'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 129, 'LH I/II LH III(A-B) A? C H'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 129, 'LH I/II LH III(A-B) A? C H'

7. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Messenia II: 236, 'One jar rim may be A.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Messenia II: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Exploration in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1962-1963’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 68, No. 3 (Jul., 1964), pp. 229-245., '78B. Ayios Ioannis (Pidhima)', pg. 236. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 123 Ayios Ioannis', pg. 129. 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 136 Pidhima: Ayios Ioannis', pg. 162. Online here.

4. Valmin [1930]: Valmin, Mathias Natan. Études topographiques sur la Messénie ancienne. Lund, C. Blom, 1930., '', pg. 53.