Site details

Palaionero: Ayios Konstandinos

PK	C259
TITLE	Palaionero: Ayios Konstandinos
WGS84	36.889226° N, 21.707208° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	36.889226, 21.707208
LON/LAT	21.707208, 36.889226

DMS

36° 53' 21.2136" N

21° 42' 25.9488" E

W3W	unconcerned, speedboat, split
UTM	34 S, 563016, 4082817
EGSA87	295536, 4084750

Elevation m	221
Elevation feet	725.1
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Settlement.   Messenia III, 153    ' ... the ancient settlement was along the edge immediately below the little village of Palionero.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 123    'Coarse ware surface sherds over an area about 60 m. east to west by 50 m. ... include both MH and LH.'
3.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 150    'Some coarse sherds were found, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 123,  Size: 3000 sq. m.  'Coarse ware surface sherds over an area about 60 m. east to west by 50 m. on the spur ... '

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 150,  Size: 3000 sq. m.  'A small site, c. 60 m. E-W by 50 m. on a spur ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 123, 'MH? LH?', 'Coarse ware surface sherds over an area about 60 m. east to west by 50 m. on the spur probably include both MH and LH'
    b.    Messenia III: 153, 'A fragment of a pithos with finger impressions in the raised band under the rim suggests MH ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 150, ' ..., probably of both MH and LH date.','MH? LH?'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 123, 'MH? LH?', 'Coarse ware surface sherds over an area about 60 m. east to west by 50 m. on the spur probably include both MH and LH'
    b.    Messenia III: 153, ' ... or early LH.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 150, ' ..., probably of both MH and LH date.','MH? LH?'

NOTE

1. In Messenia III, 153 (72B. Ayios Konstandinos (Palionero)): 'Occupation in both MH and LH seems likely.'

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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., '72B. Ayios Konstandinos (Palionero)', pg. 153. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 55 Palaionero: Ayios Konstandinos', pg. 123. 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 74 Palaionero: Ayios Konstandinos', pg. 150. Online here.