Palaiokastro: Tripes (ancient Bouphagion)
| PK | C341 |
| TITLE | Palaiokastro: Tripes (ancient Bouphagion) |
| WGS84 | 37.539409° N, 21.959187° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.539409, 21.959187 |
| LON/LAT | 21.959187, 37.539409 |
| DMS | 37° 32' 21.8724" N | , | 21° 57' 33.0732" E |
| W3W | imaginary, briefing, finals |
| UTM | 34 S, 584739, 4155146 |
| EGSA87 | 319548, 4156383 |
| Elevation m | 410 |
| Elevation feet | 1345.1 |
| Region | Arcadia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement
TYPE
1. Lithics. Howell [1970], 101 'Khristou also ... found obsidian blades... '2. Settlement. Ålin [1962], 73 ' ... ein Akropolishügel mit antiken Befestigungs- und Siedlungsresten.'
3. Settlement. McDonald and Rapp [1972], 308 'HAB - ...'
4. Settlement. Howell [1970], 101 'Khristou also identified some Mycenaean walls there, and found obsidian blades and Mycenaean sherds including some which he calls Sub-mycenaean.'
5. Settlement. Simpson [1981], 88 ' ..., are the remains of ancient Bouphagion.'
6. Settlement. Messenia I, 227 'An acropolis above the old village of Tripes ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Messenia I: 227, Implied from apparent connection to C482.
b. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 308, 'LH'
c. Howell [1970]: 101, 'Khristou also identified some Mycenaean walls there, and found ... Mycenaean sherds ...'
d. Simpson [1981]: 88, 'Some Mycenaean walls were identified here, and obsidian and Mycenaean sherds were found.'
2. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
a. Ålin [1962]: 73, 'Christou konnte hier mykenische Mauern und Keramik, die bis in die submykenische Zeit weitergeht, ... '
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Palaiokastro', pg. 73.
2. Howell [1970]: Howell, R.. ‘A Survey of Eastern Arcadia in Prehistory’, The Annual of the British School at Athens. 65. November, 1970. 79-127., '55. Palaiokastro - ayia Sotira and Palaiopyrgos (anc. Bouphagion).', pg. 101.
Connected to C482
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, '330 (11) Tripes: Paliokastro', pg. 308.
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., '11. Palaiokastro (Tripes)', pg. 227.
Online here.
5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 17 Palaiokastro: Ayia Sotira and Palaiopyrgos', pg. 88.
Online here.