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Agrilovouno: Ayios Nikolaos

PK	C122
TITLE	Agrilovouno: Ayios Nikolaos
WGS84	37.300382° N, 21.944793° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.300382, 21.944793
LON/LAT	21.944793, 37.300382

DMS

37° 18' 1.3752" N

21° 56' 41.2548" E

W3W	powering, adverts, joys
UTM	34 S, 583733, 4128614
EGSA87	317698, 4129888

Elevation m	141
Elevation feet	462.6
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Building.   Messenia II, 231    'A stone column base, ..., of typical Mycenaean shape suggests a major building stood somewhere on the acropolis.'
2.    hab.   Messenia III, 143    'There was a habitation here in MH as well as LH'
3.    Pottery.   Messenia II, 231    'Fragments collected include kylikes, the neck of a stirrup vase, pedestals of deep bowls with bases hollowed, the handle of a coarse monochrome krater.'
4.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 141    'This important site, resembling Malthi-Dorion both in aspect and position, controls access to the northwest branch of the Upper Pamisos plain.'
5.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 172    'This important site controls the access to the NW branch of the upper Pamisos valley ... '
6.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 172    ' ..., and the upper slopes on S and E are covered in sherds ... Some fine LH sherds ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 141,  Size: 7600 sq. m.  'The top, which measures about 190 m. north to south by 40 m., ... '

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 172,  Size: 7600 sq. m.  'The hilltop, c. 190 m. N-S by 40 m., ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 141, 'MH LH III(A-)B'
    b.    Messenia III: 143, 'There was habitation here in MH as well as LH.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 172, 'MH LH III(A-)B', 'An ear-shaped lug is MH ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 143, 'There was habitation here in MH as well as LH.'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 141, 'MH LH III(A-)B'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 172, 'MH LH III(A-)B'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 141, 'The surface pottery includes some fine Mycenaean, including LH IIIB, but coarse wares predominate.'
    b.    Messenia II: 231, 'The pottery gives the general impression of rather provincial LH III B, with fine wares relatively scarce.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 172, 'Some find LH sherds (including LH IIIB) were found, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Messenia III: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Explorations in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1964-1968’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 73, No. 2 (Apr., 1969), pp. 123-177., '31A. Ayios Nikolaos (Agrilovouno)', pg. 143. Online here.

2. 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., '31A. Ayios Nikolaos (Agrilovouno)', pg. 231. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 234 Agrilovouno: Ayios Nikolaos', pg. 141. 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 215 Agrilovouno: Ayios Nikolaos', pg. 172. Online here.