Site details

Valta: Ayia Paraskevi

PK	C192
TITLE	Valta: Ayia Paraskevi
WGS84	37.115424° N, 21.606787° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.115424, 21.606787
LON/LAT	21.606787, 37.115424

DMS

37° 6' 55.5264" N

21° 36' 24.4332" E

W3W	schemers, thought, tissues
UTM	34 S, 553908, 4107849
EGSA87	287217, 4110069

Elevation m	110
Elevation feet	360.9
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Messenia III, 136    '...indicates MH occupation.', 'This was a medium sized farming community, overlooking the fertile plain to the W.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 147    'MH and LH sherds were sparsely distributed over ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 121    'MH and LH sherds were sparsely distributed over the hill and its south and west terraces, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 121,  Size: 12000 sq. m.  ' ..., an area about 120 m. east-northeast to west-southwest by 100 m., ... '

- Messenia III  p. 136,  Size: 12000 sq. m.  '...over an area ca. 120 m. ENE-WSW by 100 m. ...'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 147,  Size: 12000 sq. m.  ' ... over an area c. 120 m. ENE-WSW by 100 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 121, 'MH and LH sherds were sparsely distributed over the hill ... '
    b.    Messenia III: 136, '...indicates MH occupation.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 147, 'MH and LH sherds were sparsely distributed over ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 121, 'MH and LH sherds were sparsely distributed over the hill ... '
    b.    Messenia III: 136, 'A stem of a short-stemmed bowl and some additional thin red and white fabrics seem LH.'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 136, 'Two long kylix stems in white fabric are LH III.'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 147, 'MH LH III(A-B)'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 147, 'MH LH III(A-B)'

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., '22P. Ayia Paraskevi (Valta)', pg. 136. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 47 Valta: Ayia Paraskevi', pg. 121. 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 60 Valta: Ayia Paraskevi', pg. 147. Online here.