Chandrinou: Kissos
| PK | C244 |
| TITLE | Chandrinou: Kissos |
| WGS84 | 36.960581° N, 21.801198° E |
| Accuracy | 100 m. |
| LAT/LON | 36.960581, 21.801198 |
| LON/LAT | 21.801198, 36.960581 |
| DMS | 36° 57' 38.0916" N | , | 21° 48' 4.3128" E |
| W3W | largely, riff, disturbed |
| UTM | 34 S, 571325, 4090799 |
| EGSA87 | 304095, 4092470 |
| Elevation m | 364 |
| Elevation feet | 1194.2 |
| Region | Messenia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Mound
TYPE
1. Artifacts. McDonald and Rapp [1972], 270 ' ..., scanty and poor contents (bronze knife)'2. Cem. ERGON[1966], 105
3. Cem. McDonald and Rapp [1972], 270 'CEM.. Multiple burials in slab-lined cists and pithoi; ... '
4. Mound. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 138 'A large mound (d. 12 m) excavated here contained pithos burials ... '
5. Mound. Boyd [2001], 105 'burial mound of middle Helladic (?) and Mycenaean date.'
6. Mound. Simpson [1981], 119 'A large mound, ..., contained pithos burials (MH?) in the centre and around them stone enclosures of oval or oblong shape containing burials, and a small cist grave.'
7. Mound. McDonald and Rapp [1972], 270 'Artificial mound'
8. Mound. Messenia III, 151 ' ..., a fairly conspicuous artificial mound rises on the N side of a gulley ... '
9. Pottery. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 138 'Pottery was abundant but relatively poorly preserved; ... '
10. Tumulus. Zavadil [2012], 298 ' ... erforschte Sp. Marinatos im Herbst des Jahres 1966 in der Flur Kissos einen flachen Tumulus ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 119, 'MH?'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 138, 'MH? ... '
2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 138, ' ... LH I/II-III(A2-B)'
3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Zavadil [2012]: 302, See Zavadil [2012] 302 for a discussion of the chronology.
b. Boyd [2001]: 106, '...and grave gamma is also likely to date to LHII; ...', '...the evidence would suggest a construction date of LHII for the mound, with later reuse; ...'
c. Messenia III: 151, 'Mycenaean sherds of about 1400 B.C. and a large knife were recovered.'
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 138, ' ... LH I/II-III(A2-B)'
4. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Boyd [2001]: 106, 'the ceramic evidence suggests a date range LHIIA-IIIA2/B (Lolos).'
5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 270, 'LHIIIA - IIIB'
b. Zavadil [2012]: 302, See Zavadil [2012] 302 for a discussion of the chronology.
c. ERGON[1966]: 105,
6. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
a. Boyd [2001]: 106, 'the ceramic evidence suggests a date range LHIIA-IIIA2/B (Lolos).'
7. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Boyd [2001]: 106, 'the ceramic evidence suggests a date range LHIIA-IIIA2/B (Lolos).'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 138, ' ... LH I/II-III(A2-B)'
8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 270, 'LHIIIA - IIIB'
b. ERGON[1966]: 105,
c. Boyd [2001]: 106, 'the ceramic evidence suggests a date range LHIIA-IIIA2/B (Lolos).'
d. Zavadil [2012]: 302, See Zavadil [2012] 302 for a discussion of the chronology.
e. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 138, ' ... LH I/II-III(A2-B)'
NOTE
1. See Cavanaugh and Mee [1998] 199, Fig. 5.6 for a plan of the tumulus.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. ERGON[1966]: To ergon tes Archaiologikes Hetaireias, Athenai: Archaiologike Hetaireia. 1966., '', pg. 105.
2. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '8: Handhrinoú Kissós (And Surroundings)', pg. 105.
Online here.
3. Cavanagh and Mee [1998]: Cavanagh, William and Christopher Mee. A Private Place: Death in Prehistoric Greece. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology (CCXXV). Paul Aströms Förlag, Jonsered. Sweden. 1998., 'Fig. 5.6', pg. 199.
4. 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, '32 Chandrinou: Kissos', pg. 270.
5. 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., '67A. Kissos (Chandrinou)', pg. 151.
Online here.
6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 33 Chandrinou: Kissos', pg. 119.
Online here.
7. 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 32 Chandrinou: Kissos', pg. 138.
Online here.
8. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Chandrinos/Kissos (Ep. Pylias)', pg. 298.
Online here.