Site details

Aristodhemion: Paliambeles

PK	C133
TITLE	Aristodhemion: Paliambeles
WGS84	37.133335° N, 21.981089° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.133335, 21.981089
LON/LAT	21.981089, 37.133335

DMS

37° 8' 0.006" N

21° 58' 51.9204" E

W3W	cartoon, humbles, eschew
UTM	34 S, 587142, 4110114
EGSA87	320520, 4111283

Elevation m	29
Elevation feet	95.1
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Messenia II, 235    ' ... a peculiar object, possibly a fertility fetish, which is now in the Kalamata museum.'
2.    Sherds.   Messenia II, 235    'LH III B sherds are thickly strewn on the top and flanks. Tall and medium stemmed kylikkes of good quality and white to pink fabric are abundant. Several have hollowed bases. There are many jar handles, some pinched, and much coarse ware of hard fabric, pink to red in color.'
3.    Sherds.   Messenia III, 157    'Several sherds from the earlier mound at Glykorizi ... '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 129    'Mycenaean sherds were found on a very low rise, about 90 m. north to south by 35 m., ...'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 120,  Size: 3150 sq. m.  ' ..., Mycenaean sherds were found on a very low rise, about 90 m. north to south by 35 m., ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 157, 'All are typical of the EH II period.'

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 129, 'LH III(A-B)'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 129, 'LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Messenia II: 235, 'LH III B sherds ... '

NOTES

1. Placed notionally according to the directions in Simpson [1981] 129 and Messenia II, 235. This assumes that the church of Saints Constantine and Helen (F5223) is the church of Ayios Constantinos referred to in Messenia II 235, (77A. Paliambeles)'

2. And see Messenia III, plate 44 b for pictures of several EH sherds from this site.

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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., '77A. Aristodhemion Paliambeles', pg. 235. Online here.

2. 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., '77A. Paliambeles (Aristodhimion)', pg. 157. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 119 Aristodhemion: Paliambeles', pg. 129. Online here.