Site details

Kato Kopanaki: Chalikia

PK	C170
TITLE	Kato Kopanaki: Chalikia
WGS84	37.275181° N, 21.804856° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.275181, 21.804856
LON/LAT	21.804856, 37.275181

DMS

37° 16' 30.6516" N

21° 48' 17.4816" E

W3W	attune, truth, raspberry
UTM	34 S, 571355, 4125703
EGSA87	305228, 4127370

Elevation m	193
Elevation feet	633.2
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Messenia III, 140    'This was a small settlement, possibly subordinate to Stilari (#24) which is about 3 km. distant...'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 137    'Bronze Age sherds, including probable MH and LH, were found with later pottery, ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 176    'BA sherds, including probable MH and LH, were found sparsely ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 137,  Size: 2800 sq. m.  ' ..., over an area about 70 m. northwest to southeast by 40 m., mainly on the upper northeast slopes.'

- Messenia III  p. 140,  Size: 2800 sq. m.  '...sherds occur sparsely over an area about 70 m. NW-SE by 40 m., ...'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 176,  Size: 2800 sq. m.  ' ... over an area c. 70 m. NW-SE by 40 m., mainly on the upper NE slopes.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 176, 'BA sherds, ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 137, 'MH? LH?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 176, 'MH? LH?'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 137, 'MH? LH?'
    b.    Messenia III: 140, 'One piece of finer fabric, from an out-turned splaying rim, seems to be LH.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 176, '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., '24B. Chalikia (Kato Kopanaki)', pg. 140. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 207 Kato Kopanaki: Chalikia', pg. 137. 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 229 Kato Kopanaki: Chalikia', pg. 176. Online here.