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Peristeria and Kokorakou: Hill of Kokorakou

PK	C310
TITLE	Peristeria and Kokorakou: Hill of Kokorakou
WGS84	37.275468° N, 21.734234° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.275468, 21.734234
LON/LAT	21.734234, 37.275468

DMS

37° 16' 31.6848" N

21° 44' 3.2424" E

W3W	mayor, novels, outlived
UTM	34 S, 565093, 4125684
EGSA87	298967, 4127550

Elevation m	140
Elevation feet	459.3
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Mound

TYPE

1.    Mound.   Boyd [2001], 593     'large middle Helladic burial mound; nearby early Mycenaean cemetery with at least five tholos tombs and several smaller graves amidst some remains of settlement.'
2.    Mound.   Simpson [1981], 134    '..to judge from the MH tumulus containing pithos burials on Koukirikou hill..'
3.    Mound.   Zavadil [2012], 499    'Tumulus'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 134, '..to judge from the MH tumulus containing pithos burials on Koukirikou hill..'

2. Middle Helladic I: (2000 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 172, 'the mound of Kokorakou is the earliest of these funerary monuments, dating to the MHI/II period, ... '
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 499, 'Der Tumulus war vermutlich in MH I oder MH II als Bestattungsplatz in Verwendung.'

3. Middle Helladic II: (1900 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 499, 'Der Tumulus war vermutlich in MH I oder MH II als Bestattungsplatz in Verwendung.'
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 172, 'the mound of Kokorakou is the earliest of these funerary monuments, dating to the MHI/II period, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '35: Peristeriá & Kokorákou', pg. 167. Also known as Koukirikou Hill
Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 203 Mirou: Peristeria', pg. 134. Also known as Koukirikou Hill
Online here.

3. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'MYRON/KOKORAKOU (EP. TRIPHYLIAS)', pg. 499. Online here.