Site details

Pera Karkanos

PK	C215
TITLE	Pera Karkanos
WGS84	36.972492° N, 21.874099° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	36.972492, 21.874099
LON/LAT	21.874099, 36.972492

DMS

36° 58' 20.9712" N

21° 52' 26.7564" E

W3W	instruments, reordering, molars
UTM	34 S, 577803, 4092178
EGSA87	310616, 4093645

Elevation m	226
Elevation feet	741.5
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Messenia III, 155    '...the prehistoric site seems to have occupied the gentler S and SE slopes that form a terraced semicircular area...'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 126    ' ... some LH sherds were found on the gentler south and southeast slopes, ... '
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 154    '...some LH and one possible MH sherds were found on S and SE slopes...'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 126,  Size: 18000 sq. m.  ' ..., which form a terraced semicircular area about 150 m. northeast to southwest by 120 m., above the spring.'

- Messenia III  p. 155,  Size: 18000 sq. m.  ' ... the prehistoric site seems to have occupied the gentler S and SE slopes that form a terraced semicircular area ca. 150 m. NE-SW by 120 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 155, 'A splaying rim seems to be MH.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 154, 'MH?','...one possible MH sherds...'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 126, ' ..., but some LH sherds were found on the gentler south and southeast slopes, ... '
    b.    Messenia III: 155, '....there are a few finer white and pink sherds from LH open shapes.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 154, '...some LH ... sherds...'

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., '75E. Karkanos (Pera)', pg. 155. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 106 Pera: Karkanos', pg. 126. 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 102 Pera: Karkanos', pg. 154. Online here.