Site details

Sidherokastro: Sphakoulia

PK	C175
TITLE	Sidherokastro: Sphakoulia
WGS84	37.353048° N, 21.778065° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	37.353048, 21.778065
LON/LAT	21.778065, 37.353048

DMS

37° 21' 10.9728" N

21° 46' 41.034" E

W3W	lifestyle, repack, grants
UTM	34 S, 568908, 4134322
EGSA87	303056, 4136066

Elevation m	477
Elevation feet	1565
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Valmin [1930], 82
2.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 179    'This is a large site controlling a fertile upland valley.'
3.    hab.   Messenia III, 131    'This is a big site, ..., but controlling a fairly fertile area and dominating E-W raffic through the valley...'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 142    ' ..., and the upper west and south terraces are strewn with Bronze Age sherds, including MH and LH IIIB.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 142,  Size: 25000 sq. m.  'The total extent may be as much as 250 m. north-northwest to south-southeast by 100 m.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 179,  Size: 25000 sq. m.  'The total extent may be as much as c. 250 m. NNW-SSE by c. 100 m.'

- Messenia III  p. 131,  Size: 25000 sq. m.  '...so that the total area would have been as much as 250 m. N-NW to S-SE by 100 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 142, ' ... Bronze Age sherds, including MH and LH IIIB.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 179, 'MH LH III(A-)B', '...sherds, including MH and LH IIIB.'
    c.    Messenia III: 131, '...resemble MH kantharos type.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 131, '...white and reddish LH jar handles, ...'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 179, 'MH LH III(A-)B'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 142, ' ... Bronze Age sherds, including MH and LH IIIB.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 179, 'MH LH III(A-)B', '...sherds, including MH and LH IIIB.'
    c.    Messenia III: 131, 'There are also fragments of LH IIIB kylikes, stemmed bowls, ...'
    d.    Valmin [1930]: 82,

NOTE

1. Marker placed according to the directions in Messenia III, p. 131.

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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., '21E. Sphakoulia (Sidherokastro)', pg. 131. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 238 Sidherokastro: Sphakoulia', pg. 142. 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 241 Sidherokastro: Sphakoulia', pg. 179. Online here.

4. Valmin [1930]: Valmin, Mathias Natan. Études topographiques sur la Messénie ancienne. Lund, C. Blom, 1930., '', pg. 82.