Site details

Anemomilo (Skaphidia)

PK	C349
TITLE	Anemomilo (Skaphidia)
WGS84	37.692249° N, 21.319112° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.692249, 21.319112
LON/LAT	21.319112, 37.692249

DMS

37° 41' 32.0964" N

21° 19' 8.8032" E

W3W	figments, radical, coffees
UTM	34 S, 528133.9, 4171718.2
EGSA87	263473, 4174765

Elevation m	24
Elevation feet	78.7
Region	Elis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 194    '...are sporadic traces of EH II and possibly LH habitation, mainly on upper terraces of the W part overlooking the sea.'
2.    hab.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 302    'HAB. House foundations; ... '
3.    hab.   Messenia I, 225    'This was not an important site at any period, but it may have been of some strategic value ... ','A sprawling site ca 150 m. from the shore.'
4.    Lithics.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 302    ' ...; numerous frags. of obsidian; ... '
5.    Settlement.   Sperling [1942], 85    'There was probably a small settlement here.'
6.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 71    'McDonald und Simpson fanden hier frühhelladische Keramik und vermuten einige Scherben späthelladisch zu sein.'
7.    Sherds.   Sperling [1942], 85    'I also noticed a few late sherds resembling those found at Ladzoi, ... '
8.    Tomb.   AD[1985], 103

SITE SIZE

- Messenia I  p. 225,  Size: 60000 sq. m.   'A sprawling site ... The total extent of sporadic occupation is ca. 300 m. E-W and 200 m. N-S.'

- McDonald and Rapp [1972]  p. 302,  Size: 5000 sq. m.  '100 m E-W x 50 (SW slopes)(0.5 ha)'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 195,  Size: 5000 sq. m.  '...probably only c. 100 m. E-W by 50 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 302, 'EH'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 71, ' ... frühhelladische ... '

2. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 194, '...sporadic traces of EH II ... habitation ...'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 225, 'Most of the LH(?) sherds are on the south and S-E upper terraces.'
    b.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 302, 'LH?'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 194, '... possibly LH habitation ...'
    d.    Ålin [1962]: 71, ' ... vermuten einige Scherben späthelladisch zu sein.'

4. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Sperling [1942]: 85, 'The material on the surface is scanty and poorly preserved, but it is perhaps mostly of the latter part of the Bronze Age.'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    AD[1985]: 103,

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    AD[1985]: 103,

NOTE

1. Messenia I, 225 describes this as 'A sprawling site ca. 150 m. from the shore. The total extent of sporadic occupation is ca. 300 m. E-W and 200 m. N-S'. And despite what Alin and Messenia I say the site is to the SW of Skaphidia and not to the SE.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1985]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 40, '', pg. 103.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Anemomilo', pg. 71.

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, '305 (2) Skafidhia: Anemomilo', pg. 302.

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., '2. Anemomilo (Skaphidia)', pg. 225. Online here.

5. 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., 'E 43 Skaphidhia: Anemomylo', pg. 194. Online here.

6. Sperling [1942]: Sperling, Jerome. ‘Explorations in Elis, 1939’, American Journal of Archaeology (46:1), 77-89. 1942., '35. Skaphidia', pg. 85. Online here.