Site details

Floka

PK	C151
TITLE	Floka
WGS84	37.637347° N, 21.579384° E
Accuracy	500 m.

LAT/LON	37.637347, 21.579384
LON/LAT	21.579384, 37.637347

DMS

37° 38' 14.4492" N

21° 34' 45.7824" E

W3W	filming, tutorial, newsdesk
UTM	34 S, 551118, 4165737
EGSA87	286268, 4168047

Elevation m	22
Elevation feet	72.2
Region	Triphylia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1963], 103
2.    Pottery.   Simpson [1981], 93    '..unusual bell-skirted figurine and three Mycenaean vases were found here ...'
3.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 96    'An unusual bell-skirted figurine and three LH III(B?) vases were found here, perhaps from a destroyed tomb.'
4.    Settlement.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 304    A complex site of habitation and a cemetery. A destroyed LHIIIB tomb is the primary M remainder.
5.    Tomb.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 304    A complex site of habitation and a cemetery. A destroyed LHIIIB tomb is the primary M remainder.
6.    Tomb.   Messenia III, 128    '.. three LH IIIB vases and a terracotta figurine were salvaged from a destroyed tomb.'
7.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 96    'An unusual bell-skirted figurine and three LH III(B?) vases were found here, perhaps from a destroyed tomb.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 304, 'LHIIIB'
    b.    Messenia III: 128, '...three LH IIIB vases and a terracotta figurine were salvaged...'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 304, 'LH III(B?)'
    d.    AD[1963]: 103,
    e.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 96, '...LH III(B?)...'

NOTE

1. This is the dam. McDonald does not adequately describe the site's location except that it is near a dam on the Alpheios.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1963]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 18, '', pg. 103.

2. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: McDonald, William A. and George R. Rapp, Jr.. The Minnesota Messenia Expedition: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Regional Environment. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. 1972, '316 (6A) Floka', pg. 304.

3. 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., '6A. Floka', pg. 128. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 52 Floka: The Alpheios Dam', pg. 93. Online here.

5. 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., 'B 74 Floka: Alpheios Dam', pg. 96. Online here.