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Filiatra: Stomion

PK	C190
TITLE	Filiatra: Stomion
WGS84	37.18299° N, 21.575577° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.18299, 21.575577
LON/LAT	21.575577, 37.18299

DMS

37° 10' 58.764" N

21° 34' 32.0772" E

W3W	objection, darker, mitigates
UTM	34 S, 551089.82, 4115327.45
EGSA87	284635, 4117637

Elevation m	7
Elevation feet	23
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Pit Grave.   Boyd [2001], 183    'The excavations uncovered a burial in a pit of a strongly contracted adult female...'
2.    Settlement.   Boyd [2001], 183    'MH habitation and a burial.'
3.    Settlement.   Zavadil [2012], 547    ' ... eine Ausgrabung veranlaßt, die Teile einer mittelbronzezeitlichen Siedlung erbrachte, ... '
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 149    'Sherds were mainly coarse ware, ... '
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 123    'Surface sherds were mainly coarse, ... '
6.    Sherds.   Messenia III, 134    'Pottery is scattered over a roughly circular area about 125 m. in diameter...'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 123,  Size: 12272 sq. m.  'The site, about 125 m. in diameter, ... '

- Messenia III  p. 134,  Size: 12272 sq. m.  Based on an area with a diameter of 125 m.

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 134, 'The coarse pottery is closely comparable (to Ordhines, RHC), and one might expect to find evidence of EH habitation at this site as well as Ordhines.'

2. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 547, ' ... in eine frühe Phase der Mittelbronzezeit zu datieren ist, ... '

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 183, 'Chronology: sherds above the burial were said to have been late MH, those below it very early MH.'

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 123, 'Surface sherds were mainly coarse, but included a LH III kylix stem.', 'LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Messenia III: 134, 'LH III is attested by part of a long-stemmed kylix of a hard pinkish fabric.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 149, ' ..., but a LH III kylix stem was also found.'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 149, 'LH III(A-B)'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 149, 'LH III(A-B)'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '41: Filiatrá Stómion', pg. 183. 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., '22F. Stomion (Filiatra)', pg. 133. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 53 Filiatra: Stomion', pg. 123. 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 65 Filiatra: Stomion', pg. 149. Online here.

5. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'PHILIATRA/STOMION (EP. TRIPHYLIAS)', pg. 547. Online here.