Site details

Chatzi: Barberi

PK	C213
TITLE	Chatzi: Barberi
WGS84	37.022714° N, 21.818854° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.022714, 21.818854
LON/LAT	21.818854, 37.022714

DMS

37° 1' 21.7704" N

21° 49' 7.8744" E

W3W	lorries, stray, radicals
UTM	34 S, 572837, 4097706
EGSA87	305825, 4099328

Elevation m	381
Elevation feet	1250
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AD[1967], 207
2.    Artifacts.   Messenia II, 239    '...there are stone heaps, ruins of walls and some pottery.'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 120    ' ..., which appear to have been the main area of the Mycenaean settlement here.'
4.    Settlement.   Messenia III, 152    'Barberi was a medium-sized settlement lying close to the major Mycenaean artery of internal communication ...'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 136    'The upper surface and the S and SE terraces were strewn with LH sherds and some which may be MH, ...'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 120,  Size: 18000 sq. m.  'The fairly level upper surface of the hill (an area about 150 m. northeast to southwest by 120 m.) and the gently sloping south and southeast terraces were covered with sherds, ...'

- Messenia III  p. 151,  Size: 18000 sq. m.  '...with a fairly level upper surface about 150 by 120 m. ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 120, 'MH? LH III(A-B) C'
    b.    Messenia III: 151, 'Some of the coarse ware gives the impression that MH is also present.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 136, '...and some which may be MH, ...'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 151, 'LH is represented by bits of short-stemmed bowls and krater handles.'
    b.    Messenia II: 239, '...and several sherds could be Mycenaean.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 136, '...with LH sherds...'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 151, 'A splaying rim of a stemmed bowl and two krater handles should be LH III.'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 120, 'MH? LH III(A-B) C'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 120, 'MH? LH III(A-B) C'
    b.    AD[1967]: 207,

NOTE

1. In Messenia II, 239 (g) the authors say that Barberi hill is 125 degrees FROM Chatzi village. They clearly intended to say TO Chatzi village. Elsewhere Barberi hill is described as about 1 km. to the WNW of Chatzi village where there is, in fact, an oval hill.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1967]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 22, '', pg. 207.

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., '69A. Barberi (Chatzi)', pg. 151. Online here.

3. Messenia II: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Exploration in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1962-1963’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 68, No. 3 (Jul., 1964), pp. 229-245., 'Appendix (g)', pg. 239. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 39 Chatzi: Barberi', pg. 120. Online here.

5. 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 26 Chatzi: Barberi', pg. 136. Online here.