Site details

Kapoureika-Diakoupia

PK	C347
TITLE	Kapoureika–Diakoupia
WGS84	37.033535° N, 21.675894° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.033535, 21.675894
LON/LAT	21.675894, 37.033535

DMS

37° 2' 0.726" N

21° 40' 33.2184" E

W3W	sleeve, detect, suckled
UTM	34 S, 560112, 4098806
EGSA87	293136, 4100830

Elevation m	207
Elevation feet	679.1
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Mound

TYPE

1.    Mound.   Boyd [2001], 133    'Description: middle Helladic burial mound.', 'I have not seen the remains of this mound'
2.    Mound.   Messenia I, 239    'A burial mound was destroyed in road building operations ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 239, 'Apparently this ridge was the site of a very large MH (and early Mycenaean?) cemetery.'
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 133, 'Chronology: MH.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '20: Tragána Kapouríka', pg. 133. Online here.

2. 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., '44. Kapoureika-Diakoupia', pg. 239. Online here.