PK | C242 |
TITLE | Petrochori: Cave of Nestor |
WGS84 | 36.959735° N, 21.658161° E |
Accuracy | 20 m. |
LAT/LON | 36.959735, 21.658161 |
LON/LAT | 21.658161, 36.959735 |
DMS | 36° 57' 35.046" N | , | 21° 39' 29.3796" E |
W3W | joyous, rousing, mesh |
UTM | 34 S, 558592, 4090608 |
EGSA87 | 291357, 4092680 |
Elevation m | 42 |
Elevation feet | 137.8 |
Region | Messenia |
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 132 '...and contained stratified BA and C material.'
2. Cave. Messenia I, 243 'This large and well-known cave in the N-E slope of Palaiokastro acropolis ... '
3. Cave. Simpson [1981], 117 'The spectacular cave on the north slope of the Palaiokastro headland ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 117 ' ... also contains stratified Bronze Age and later material.'
2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 117 'EHII MH LH III(A-B) C'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 132 'N EH II MH LH III(A-B) C', '...and contained stratified BA and C material.'
3. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 117 'EHII MH LH III(A-B) C'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 132 'N EH II MH LH III(A-B) C', '...and contained stratified BA and C material.'
4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Messenia I: 243 'Therefore, its most intensive utilization seems to have been in LH III.'
5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 117 'EHII MH LH III(A-B) C'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 132 'N EH II MH LH III(A-B) C', '...and contained stratified BA and C material.'
6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 117 'EHII MH LH III(A-B) C'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 132 'N EH II MH LH III(A-B) C', '...and contained stratified BA and C material.'
1. Messenia I: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Habitation in Southwestern Peloponnese’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jul., 1961), pp. 221-260., '62. Cave of Nestor (Palaiokastro)', pg. 243.
Online here.
2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 20 Petrochori: "Cave of Nestor"', pg. 117.
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 10 Petrochori: "Cave of Nestor"', pg. 132.
Online here.