Site details

Velika: Skordhakis

PK	C156
TITLE	Velika: Skordhakis
WGS84	36.999992° N, 21.947909° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	36.999992, 21.947909
LON/LAT	21.947909, 36.999992

DMS

36° 59' 59.9712" N

21° 56' 52.4724" E

W3W	pals, adaptable, unexplained
UTM	34 S, 584342, 4095291
EGSA87	317253, 4096552

Elevation m	15
Elevation feet	49.2
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Hab.   Simpson [1981], 126    ' ... a small settlement on a very low hill.'
2.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 156    'Sherds including a LH I/II cup fragment were found in an area c. 120 m. N-S by 70 m.'
3.    Pottery.   Messenia II, 234    'Surface pottery occurs over an area ca. 120 m. N-S by 70 m. E-W.'
4.    Sherds.   Messenia III, 156    'An early Mycenaean sherd...'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 126    'Sherds, which included a LH I/II cup fragment, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 126,  Size: 8400 sq. m.  ' ..., were spread over an area about 120 m. north to south by 70 m.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 156,  Size: 8400 sq. m.  'Sherds including a LH I/II cup fragment were found in an area c. 120 m. N-S by 70 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 156, 'MH LH I/II-III(A-B)'
    b.    Messenia II: 234, 'One fragment is the base of a MH p edestaled jar ...'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 156, 'An early Mycenaean ...'

3. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 126, 'Sherds, which included a LH I/II cup fragment, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 156, 'MH LH I/II-III(A-B)'

4. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 126, 'Sherds, which included a LH I/II cup fragment, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 156, 'MH LH I/II-III(A-B)'

5. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 156, 'MH LH I/II-III(A-B)'

6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Messenia II: 234, ' ... and two are from LH III kylikes.'

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 156, 'MH LH I/II-III(A-B)'

NOTE

1. In Messenia II, 234 (76B.) we read 'Bearings to the highway bridge, 291° and ca. 1.5 km.; to Petalidhi church, 201° ; to Nichoria site (#76), 273°.' Bearing to Nichoria is closer to 277.66°. The bridge is at F382. The specific church in Petalidhi (there are three) is Hagios Nikolaos (36.958775°, 21.927885°).

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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., '76B Skordhakis (Velika)', pg. 156. Online here.

2. 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., '76B Skordhakis (Velika)', pg. 234. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 101 Velika: Skordhakis', pg. 126. 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 112 Velika: Skordhakis', pg. 156. Online here.