Site details

Chalvatsou: Kastro

PK	C191
TITLE	Chalvatsou: Kastro
WGS84	37.127° N, 21.803987° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.127, 21.803987
LON/LAT	21.803987, 37.127

DMS

37° 7' 37.2" N

21° 48' 14.3532" E

W3W	flatland, oatmeal, germinate
UTM	34 S, 571417, 4109263
EGSA87	304770, 4110930

Elevation m	561
Elevation feet	1840.6
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Messenia I, 235    'On the middle and lower west and S-W terraces pottery of the Bronze Age ... occurs for an extent of ca. 300 m. N-S by 150 m. E-W.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 158    'Rough BA sherds are sparsely strewn over the middle and lower W and SW terraces below the remains of a mediaeval village on the summit.'

SITE SIZE

- Messenia I  p. ,  Size: 45000 sq. m.  ' ... pottery from the Bronze Age (and mediaeval as well) occurs for an extent of ca. 300 m. N-S by 150 m. E-W.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 158, 'MH? LH?'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 235, 'Two sherds from handles of softer fabric may be imitation Mycenaean.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 158, 'MH? LH?'

3. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 235, The pottery includes handles of coarse Bronze Age (late ?) jars and goblets.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Messenia I: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Habitation in Southwestern Peloponnese’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jul., 1961), pp. 221-260., '35. Kastro (Chalvatsou)', pg. 235. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 131A Chalvatsou: Kastro', pg. 132. 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 118 Chalvatsou: Kastro', pg. 158. Online here.