Site details

Oinomaus: Pisa: (Miraka)

PK	C292
TITLE	Oinomaus: Pisa: (Miraka)
WGS84	37.639878° N, 21.64651° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.639878, 21.64651
LON/LAT	21.64651, 37.639878

DMS

37° 38' 23.5608" N

21° 38' 47.436" E

W3W	riots, spice, arachnid
UTM	34 S, 557039, 4166056
EGSA87	292199, 4168177

Elevation m	52
Elevation feet	170.6
Region	Elis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Cem.   Boyd [2001], 192    'at least eight intramural cist graves, probably middle helladic.'
2.    hab.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 306    'HAB-CEM R cemetery of Frangonisi 500 m E and beside highway'
3.    hab.   Messenia I, 226    'This was a small MH habitation site, ...'
4.    Pottery.   Ålin [1962], 69    'Ein IIIB-kylix ... '
5.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 96    ' ..., trial excavations revealed a MH settlement.'
6.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 93    '..a kylix foot in the BSA collection ...'

SITE SIZE

- Messenia I  p. 227,  Size: 4800 sq. m.  'The fairly level upper surface where Dörpfeld excavated is ca. 80 m. E-W by 60 m. N-S.'

- McDonald and Rapp [1972]  p. ,  Size: 4800 sq. m.  HAB-CEM R cemetery of Frangonisi 500 m E and beside highway

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 96,  Size: 4800 sq. m.  'The hilltop measures only c. 80 m. E-W by 60 m., ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 192, '... middle helladic (for the graves and the excavated settlement remains; McDonald & Hope Simpson noted LH material during survey).'
    b.    Messenia I: 227, 'This was a small MH habitation site, ...'
    c.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 306, 'MH...'
    d.    Simpson [1981]: 709, 'Trial excavations here revealed traces of a Middle Helladic settlement ...'
    e.    Ålin [1962]: 69, ' ..., sonst sind aber hier nur mittelhelladische Funde gemacht worden.'
    f.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 96, 'MH LH III(A-B) C H', ' ... a MH settlement.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 306, 'LH?'
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 192, ' ... (for the graves and the excavated settlement remains; McDonald & Hope Simpson noted LH material during survey).'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 96, 'MH LH III(A-B) C H'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 227, '...and a LH III B kylix in soft buff clay...'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 69, 'Ein IIIB-kylix ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 96, 'MH LH III(A-B) C H'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Oinomaos', pg. 69.

2. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '49: MIRÁKA', pg. 192. Online here.

3. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: McDonald, William A. and George R. Rapp, Jr.. The Minnesota Messenia Expedition: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Regional Environment. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. 1972, '323 (9) Miraka:Oinomaos (ancient Pisa?)', pg. 306.

4. 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., '9. Oinomaos (Pisa)', pg. 226. Online here.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 53 Miraka: Chandakia, Lakkopholia, Gouva, Rema, and Oinomaos (Pisa)', pg. 93. Online here.

6. 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., 'B 75 Miraka: Oinomaos', pg. 96. Online here.