Site details

Pila: Elitsa

PK	C251
TITLE	Pila: Elitsa
WGS84	36.943236° N, 21.733189° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.943236, 21.733189
LON/LAT	21.733189, 36.943236

DMS

36° 56' 35.6496" N

21° 43' 59.4804" E

W3W	resonating, rust, wearying
UTM	34 S, 565285, 4088826
EGSA87	297994, 4090688

Elevation m	127
Elevation feet	416.7
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 141    'An area c. 100 m. E-W by 50 m. in the centre is sparsely covered with LH sherds.'
2.    Settlement.   Messenia III, 149    'In the middle of the ridge a prehistoric settlement is marked by sparse pottery ...'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 118    'An area about 100 m. east to west by 50 m. in the centre of the ridge is sparsely covered with LH sherds.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 118,  Size: 5000 sq. m.  'An area about 100 m. east to west by 50 m. in the centre of the ridge ... '

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 141,  Size: 5000 sq. m.  'An area c. 100 m. E-W by 50 m. in the centre ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 149, 'Jar handles of well-levigated reddish fabric are also certainly LH.'

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 149, 'LH III is represented by fragments of a base and a bowl of long-stemmed kylikes in fine pink fabric.'

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

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 118, 'LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 141, '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., '58C Elitsa (Pila)', pg. 149. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 25 Pila: Elitsa', 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 39 Pila: Elitsa', pg. 141. Online here.