Site details

Kastro: Kastro tou Mila

PK	C142
TITLE	Kastro: Kastro tou Mila
WGS84	37.243446° N, 21.908118° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.243446, 21.908118
LON/LAT	21.908118, 37.243446

DMS

37° 14' 36.4056" N

21° 54' 29.2248" E

W3W	member, mismanaged, hiking
UTM	34 S, 580543, 4122265
EGSA87	314307, 4123642

Elevation m	181
Elevation feet	593.8
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 173    'BA sherds could only be found on the N and E slopes...', '...a size c. 100 m. in diameter is likely, ...'
2.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 139    ' ... enough prehistoric sherds, probably including LH, were found on the north and east slopes to confirm the existence of a Bronze Age settlement, ... '
3.    Settlement.   Messenia III, 142    '...to confirm the existence of a Bronze Age settlement which may have been about 100 m. in diameter.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 139,  Size: 7854 sq. m.  ' ... which may have been about 100 m. in diameter, if the area of the mediaeval fort on the top was included.'

- Messenia III  p. 142,  Size: 7854 sq. m.  '...which may have been about 100 m. in diameter.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 173,  Size: 7853 sq. m.  '...a size c. 100 m. in diameter is likely, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 139, 'MH? LH?'
    b.    Messenia III: 142, 'A fragment of a pithos with a double row of finger impressions below the rim is clearly MH or LH.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 173, 'MH? LH?'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 139, '..enough prehistoric sherds, probably including LH, were found ...'
    b.    Messenia III: 142, 'A fragment of a pithos with a double row of finger impressions below the rim is clearly MH or LH.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 173, 'MH? LH?'

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., '28E. Kastro tis Milas (Kastro)', pg. 142. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 222 Kastro: Kastro tou Mila', pg. 139. 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 219 Kastro: Kastro tou Mila', pg. 173. Online here.