Site details

Dara: Viglitsa: Hab.

PK	C153
TITLE	Dara: Viglitsa: Hab.
WGS84	37.031288° N, 21.886024° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.031288, 21.886024
LON/LAT	21.886024, 37.031288

DMS

37° 1' 52.6368" N

21° 53' 9.6864" E

W3W	syllabic, cutlets, holdings
UTM	34 S, 578803, 4098710
EGSA87	311822, 4100145

Elevation m	232
Elevation feet	761.2
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Messenia II, 235    'This is a rather isolated site, ...'
2.    Settlement.   Messenia III, 156    ' ... MH as well as LH habitation here.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 126    'The area strewn with MH and LH sherds (including finer quality LH III) ... '
4.    Sherds.   Zavadil [2012], 359    '360: Hier waren Scherben aus prähistorischer und historischer Zeit gefunden worden'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 126,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  ' ... about 150 m. east to west by 100 m., ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 126, 'The area strewn with MH and LH sherds ... '"
    b.    Messenia III: 156, ' ... MH as well as LH habitation here.'
    c.    Messenia III: 156, 'A fragment of a strap handle seems to be a local imitation of Argive Minyan.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 126, 'The area strewn with MH and LH sherds ... '"
    b.    Messenia II: 235, 'Good examples of LH pedestaled cups, s well as handles, bases and rims of jars were collected.'
    c.    Messenia III: 156, ' ... MH as well as LH habitation here.'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 126, ' ... (including finer quality LH III (sherds, rhc)) ... ', ' ... LH III(A-B)'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Messenia II: 235, '...of some finer quality LH III B wares ...'

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., '76D. Viglitsa (Dara)', pg. 234. 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., '76D. Viglitsa (Dara)', pg. 156. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 104 Dara: Viglitsa', pg. 126. Online here.

4. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'DARAS/PHRAMA (EP. PYLIAS)', pg. 359. Online here.