Site details

Gargaliani: Koutsoveri

PK	C198
TITLE	Gargaliani: Koutsoveri
WGS84	37.086592° N, 21.610878° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.086592, 21.610878
LON/LAT	21.610878, 37.086592

DMS

37° 5' 11.7312" N

21° 36' 39.1608" E

W3W	dangerous, storybooks, service
UTM	34 S, 554292, 4104653
EGSA87	287500, 4106861

Elevation m	119
Elevation feet	390.4
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 121    'The chapel of Ayia Sotira on the top of the hill marks the approximate centre of a prehistoric site ... '
2.    hab.   Davis and Bennet [2017], 49    '...the inhabited area...'
3.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 134    'The chapel of Ayia Sotira on the top of the hill marks the approximate centre of a prehistoric site ...'
4.    hab.   Messenia III, 147    '...of a prehistoric site that extended for ca. 150 m. WNW by SSE by 120 m.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 121,  Size: 18000 sq. m.  ' ... about 150 m. west-northwest to south-southeast by 120 m.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 134,  Size: 18000 sq. m.  '...a prehistoric site c. 150 m. WNW-SSE by 120 m.'

- Messenia III  p. 147,  Size: 18000 sq. m.  '...of a prehistoric site that extended for ca. 150 m. WNW by SSE by 120 m.'

- Davis and Bennet [2017]  p. 49,  Size: 9000 sq. m.  '...the inhabited area may have been about 50% of this (the area estimated by McDonald and Simpson, RHC); ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 49, 'The MH period is especially well represented by many body sherds of thick-walled storage containers, ...'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 147, '...but there were a few finer pieces in white and pinkish fabric including part of a short-stemmed bowl that should be LH.'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 121, 'LH (III?)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 134, 'LH (III?)'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 48, '..., MH, LH IIIA - B, ...'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 48, '..., MH, LH IIIA - B, ...'

NOTE

1. Davis and Bennet [2017] provide photos of the church and the site on p. 50, Figure 40, a and b.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Davis and Bennet [2017]: Davis, Jack L. and John Bennet (eds.). The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project; A Retrospective. American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2017., 'K2 Gargaliani Ayia Sotira', pg. 48.

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., '37C. Koutsoveri (Gargaliani)', pg. 146. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 44 Gargaliani: Kousoveri', pg. 121. 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 16 Gargalianoi: Koutsoveri', pg. 134. Online here.