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Petrochori: Osmanaga Lagoon

PK	C240
TITLE	Petrochori: Osmanaga Lagoon
WGS84	36.971778° N, 21.674742° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.971778, 21.674742
LON/LAT	21.674742, 36.971778

DMS

36° 58' 18.4008" N

21° 40' 29.0712" E

W3W	inhibition, float, kitty
UTM	34 S, 560058, 4091954
EGSA87	292866, 4093980

Elevation m	1
Elevation feet	3.3
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    hab.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 264    'HAB. Bone, roof tiles, foreign stones in spoil banks of drainage ditches', 'At least 1750 m E-W x 600 m (seems too large for continuous site and too concentrated for separate ones)'
2.    hab.   Simpson [2014], 21    'HAB (several locations)'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 117    'The stones and sherds found in the spoil heaps of drainage canals in the Osmanaga Lagoon reveal that its northwest and north banks were inhabited in EH II and LH III times and later.'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 131    'A considerable quantity of prehistoric and other material found in the banks of drainage canals...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 264, 'EH; MH? LHIIIB PG'

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 117, 'EH II ... ', ' ... reveal that its northwest and north banks were inhabited in EH II and LH III times and later.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 131, 'EH II MH? LH III(A-B) "PG" H'
    c.    Simpson [2014]: 21, 'EH II, LH III(A-B), DA II, H'

3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 117, 'EH II MH? LH III(A-B) "PG" H'
    b.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 264, 'EH; MH? LHIIIB PG'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 131, 'EH II MH? LH III(A-B) "PG" H'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 117, ' ... LH III(A-B) ... ', ' ... reveal that its northwest and north banks were inhabited in EH II and LH III times and later.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 131, 'EH II MH? LH III(A-B) "PG" H'
    c.    Simpson [2014]: 21, 'EH II, LH III(A-B), DA II, H'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 117, 'EH II MH? LH III(A-B) "PG" H'
    b.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 264, 'EH; MH? LHIIIB PG'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 131, 'EH II MH? LH III(A-B) "PG" H'
    d.    Simpson [2014]: 21, 'EH II, LH III(A-B), DA II, H'

NOTE

1. 'HAB (several locations'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: McDonald, William A. and George R. Rapp, Jr.. The Minnesota Messenia Expedition: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Regional Environment. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. 1972, '7 (59 A-E) Petrochori: Osmanaga', pg. 264.

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., '59. A.B.C. Osmanaga (Petrochori)', pg. 149. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 22 Petrochori: Osmanaga Lagoon', pg. 117. Online here.

4. Simpson [2014]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos. Philadelphia:Instap Academic Press, 2014. , '59A-E Petrochori: Osmanaga Lagoon', pg. 21.

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 7 Petrochori: Osmanaga Lagoon', pg. 131. Online here.