Site details

Pila: Vigles

PK	C250
TITLE	Pila: Vigles
WGS84	36.948827° N, 21.723501° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	36.948827, 21.723501
LON/LAT	21.723501, 36.948827

DMS

36° 56' 55.7772" N

21° 43' 24.6036" E

W3W	ration, unclench, joke
UTM	34 S, 564418, 4089440
EGSA87	297146, 4091329

Elevation m	88
Elevation feet	288.7
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Messenia III, 149    ' ... another ancient settlement at a spot called Vigles.'
2.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 118    ' ... considerable traces of Mycenaean settlement, ... '
3.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 141    '...considerable traces of LH settlement.'
4.    Sherds.   Messenia III, 149    'Sherds were most abundant in a cutting at the upper edge of a field just below the top ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 118,  Size: 25000 sq. m.  ' ..., extending at least 200 m. east to west by 125 m., ... '

- Messenia III  p. 149,  Size: 25000 sq. m.  'The inhabited area extended for at least 200 m. (E to W) by 125 m. over the summit and relatively easy w slopes.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 118, 'EH II? MH? LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 141, 'EH II? MH? LH III(A-B)'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 118, 'EH II? MH? LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 141, 'EH II? MH? LH III(A-B)'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 118, 'EH II? MH? LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 141, 'EH II? MH? LH III(A-B)'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 149, 'Diagnostic pieces from LH IIIB include fragments of stemmed bowls and kylikes'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 118, 'EH II? MH? LH III(A-B)'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 141, 'EH II? MH? LH III(A-B)'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., '58A. Vigles (Pila)', pg. 149. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 24 Pila: Vigles', pg. 118. 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 41 Pila: Vigles', pg. 141. Online here.