PKey Report
PKC242
TITLEPetrochori: 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

W3Wjoyous, rousing, mesh
UTM34 S, 558592, 4090608
EGSA87 291357, 4092680

Elevation m42
Elevation feet 137.8
RegionMessenia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Cave

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.'


BIBLIOGRAPHY

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.