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Chandrinou: Kissos

PKC244
TITLEChandrinou: 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

W3Wlargely, riff, disturbed
UTM34 S, 571325, 4090799
EGSA87 304095, 4092470

Elevation m364
Elevation feet 1194.2
RegionMessenia





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.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C244 is at 36.94307° N, 21.71055° E, a straight-line distance of 8 km and 297 m.