Site details

Eva: Nekrotapheion

PK	C135
TITLE	Eva: Nekrotapheion
WGS84	37.113516° N, 21.973346° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.113516, 21.973346
LON/LAT	21.973346, 37.113516

DMS

37° 6' 48.6576" N

21° 58' 24.0456" E

W3W	sinless, coach, cherub
UTM	34 S, 586477, 4107908
EGSA87	319785, 4109099

Elevation m	33
Elevation feet	108.3
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Messenia II, 236    'Surface pottery occurs sporadically over an area at least 150 m. E-W by 100 m. N-S. There are fragments from LH III kylikes and stemmed bowls, handles from coarse jars (MH or LH) and some pieces from pithoi.'
2.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 160    'MH and LH sherds occur sporadically over an area c. 150 m. E-W by 100 m.'
3.    Pottery.   Messenia III, 158    'A review of the pottery ... '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 129    'MH and LH sherds were found with later pottery and tile fragments, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 129,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  ' ... pottery and tile fragments, thinly spread over an area about 150 m. east to west by 100 m.'

- Messenia II  p. 236,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  'Surface pottery occurs sporadically over an area at least 150 m. E-W by 100 m. N-S.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 160,  Size: 16000 sq. m.  'The authors do not specifically identify this as a hab; merely a sherd scatter.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 129, 'MH and LH sherds were found with later pottery and tile fragments, ... '
    b.    Messenia II: 236, '...handles from coarse jars (MH or LH)...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 160, 'MH and LH sherds occur sporadically...', 'MH LH III(A-B)'
    d.    Messenia III: 158, ' ... definitely establishes the presence of MH coarse ware.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 129, 'MH and LH sherds were found with later pottery and tile fragments, ... '
    b.    Messenia II: 236, '...handles from coarse jars (MH or LH)...'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Messenia II: 236, 'There are fragments from LH III kylikes and stemmed bowls, ...'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 160, 'MH and LH sherds occur sporadically...', 'MH LH III(A-B)'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 160, 'MH and LH sherds occur sporadically...', 'MH LH III(A-B)'

NOTE

1. From MS64 (Messenia II), p. 236: 'In setting and size this site is a counterpart of the nearby LH settlement at Aristodhemion (#77A).' i.e., C133.

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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., '77C. Nekrotapheion (Eva)', pg. 236. 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., '77C. Nekrotapheion (Eva)', pg. 158. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 118 Eva: Nekrotapheion', pg. 128. 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 125 Eva: Nekrotapheion', pg. 160. Online here.