Site details

Vigla: Ayios Ilias

PK	C262
TITLE	Vigla: Ayios Ilias
WGS84	36.90608° N, 21.909331° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	36.90608, 21.909331
LON/LAT	21.909331, 36.90608

DMS

36° 54' 21.888" N

21° 54' 33.5916" E

W3W	calibrate, resells, evens
UTM	34 S, 581009, 4084840
EGSA87	313591, 4086207

Elevation m	188
Elevation feet	616.8
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   AJA[1969], 155
2.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 154    'The prehistoric settlement occupied the E half of the ridge and the terraces to the E below ...'
3.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 127    'The Mycenaean settlement occupied the eastern half of the ridge and the terraces to the east below, ... '
4.    Settlement.   Messenia III, 155    'The prehistoric settlement occupied the E end of the top (around the chapel) and the terraces below.','This was a medium-sized site with adequate water and fairly good terraces for grain.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 127,  Size: 16000 sq. m.  ' ..., an extent of about 200 m. east to west by 80 m., as indicated by the spread of sherds, ... '

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 105,  Size: 16000 sq. m.  '...for an extent of c. 200 m. E-W by 80 m.'

- Simpson [1981]  p. 127,  Size: 16000 sq. m.  '... an extent of about 200 m. east to west by 80 m., as indicated by the spread of sherds, ...'

- Messenia III  p. 156,  Size: 16000 sq. m.  ' ... over an area 200 m. E-W by 80 m., ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 156, ' ... and slightly rolled rims of LH IIIB kylikes.'

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 127, 'LH III(A-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 154, 'LH III(A-B)','LH III was well represented.'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    AJA[1969]: 155,
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 127, 'LH III(A-B)'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 154, 'LH III(A-B)','LH III was well represented.'
    d.    Messenia III: 156, ' ..., the hollowed base of a LH IIIB short-stemmed bowl ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AJA[1969]: American Journal of Archaeology, Journal of the Archaeological Institute of America. Vol. 73, 1969., '', pg. 155. Online here.

2. 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., '75F. Ayios Ilias (Vigla)', pg. 155. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 109 Vigla: Ayios Ilias', pg. 127. Online here.

4. 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 105 Vigla: Ayios Ilias', pg. 154. Online here.