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Chandrinou: Agios Athanasios

PKC246
TITLEChandrinou: Agios Athanasios
WGS84 36.958027° N, 21.771192° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 36.958027, 21.771192
LON/LAT 21.771192, 36.958027

DMS 36° 57' 28.8972" N,21° 46' 16.2912" E

W3Wbookcases, drowsing, shorts
UTM34 S, 568656, 4090494
EGSA87 301417, 4092249

Elevation m235
Elevation feet 771
RegionMessenia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Mound

TYPE

1.    Mound.   Simpson [1981], 119    ' ..., and another (i.e. mound, rhc) about 15 m. in diameter and 4 m. in height at Ayios Athanasios on the opposite (southeast) side of the road.'
2.    Mound.   Messenia I, 245    'A second mound ca. 15 m. in diameter and 4 m. in height lies across the highway in an area called Ayios Athanaios.'
3.    Tumulus.   Zavadil [2012], 597    ' Spätere Forschungen ergaben, daß zwei Grabhügel existierten: einer konnte in die hellenistische Periode datiert werden, der zweite barg mittelhelladische Gräber.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 597, ' ..., der zweite barg mittelhelladische Gräber.'

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., '66. Koube (Chandhrinou)', pg. 245. Online here.

2.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 31 Chandrinou: Koumbe', pg. 119. ...and another (mound) about 15 m. in diameter and 4 m. in height at Ayios Athanasios on the opposite (southeast) side of the road.
Online here.

3.  Zavadil [2012]:  Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Chandrinos/Ag. Athanasios (Ep. Pylias)', pg. 597. Appendix
Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C246 is at 36.94307° N, 21.71055° E, a straight-line distance of 5 km and 646 m.