Site details

Exochikon: Ayios Nikolaos

PK	C263
TITLE	Exochikon: Ayios Nikolaos
WGS84	36.843382° N, 21.827882° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.843382, 21.827882
LON/LAT	21.827882, 36.843382

DMS

36° 50' 36.1752" N

21° 49' 40.3752" E

W3W	leering, alerts, cars
UTM	34 S, 573813, 4077818
EGSA87	306175, 4079412

Elevation m	215
Elevation feet	705.4
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 151    'Coarse sherds, including MH, were found ...'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 125    'Coarse ware, including MH types and some probably LH, was found on the north part of the summit of the ridge ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 125,  Size: 8000 sq. m.  ' ... over an area about 100 m. north to south by 80 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 125, 'MH LH III(A2-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 151, 'MH LH III(A2-B)'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 125, 'Coarse ware, including MH types and some probably LH, was found ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 59 Exochikon: Ayios Nikolaos', pg. 125. Online here.

2. 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 78 Exochikon: Ayios Nikolaos', pg. 151. Online here.