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Valta: Kastraki: Sherds

PK	C195
TITLE	Valta: Kastraki: Sherds
WGS84	37.098715° N, 21.626795° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.098715, 21.626795
LON/LAT	21.626795, 37.098715

DMS

37° 5' 55.374" N

21° 37' 36.462" E

W3W	obsessively, nimbly, decide
UTM	34 S, 555698, 4106007
EGSA87	288949, 4108171

Elevation m	243
Elevation feet	797.2
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Messenia III, 145    '...seems to have been the site of a quite separate (and probably earlier) settlement.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 122    'Prehistoric sherds, mainly MH, are spread thickly between the knolls and down the south and west slopes over an area at least 120 m. northeast to southwest by 70 m.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 147    'Prehistoric sherds, mainly MH, are spread thickly between the two knolls and down the S and W slopes...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 122, 'Prehistoric sherds, mainly MH, are spread thickly between the knolls and down the south and west slopes over an area at least 120 m. northeast to southwest by 70 m.
    b.    Messenia III: 146, 'Most of it (sherds, RHC) seems early (MH) and consists mainly of coarse ware ...', 'Some of the pottery is reminiscent of the MH now recognized at Thouria ...'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 147, 'MH LH III(A-B)'

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

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

NOTE

1. This blog post by RHC examines the geography of Valta in detail.

rhc

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., '37B. Kastraki (Valta)', pg. 145. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 50 Valta: Ayios Pandeleimon and Kastraki', pg. 122. 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 59 Valta: Kastraki', pg. 147. Online here.