Site details

Pylos: Vigla and Midhen

PK	C255
TITLE	Pylos: Vigla and Midhen
WGS84	36.923243° N, 21.708681° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	36.923243, 21.708681
LON/LAT	21.708681, 36.923243

DMS

36° 55' 23.6748" N

21° 42' 31.2516" E

W3W	intersection, newspapers, card
UTM	34 S, 563119, 4086592
EGSA87	295758, 4088522

Elevation m	49
Elevation feet	160.8
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Messenia I, 244    'The Vigla habitation site ... ', 'It should have been an important lookout station in the LH III defense system.'
2.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 118    'What remains of the Mycenaean settlement at Vigla is a low mound about 50 m. in diameter ... '
3.    Sherds.   Messenia I, 244    'There are very few surface sherds now visible on and around the Vigla mound ... '
4.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 86    'Blegen und Kourouniotis fanden hier mykenische Scherben, McDonald und Simpson auch, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 118,  Size: 1963.5 sq. m.  ' ... is a low mound about 50 m. in diameter ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 86, ' ... aber keine früher als aus SH III, ... '

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 244, 'There are very few surface sherds now visible on and around the Vigla mound and no evidence of habitation before LH III. We picked up one LH III B sherd near the first tholos.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 86, ' ..., darunter eine aus IIIB.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Vigla', pg. 86.

2. 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., '63. Vigla (Midhen)', pg. 244. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 27 Pylos: Vigla and Midhen', pg. 118. Online here.