Site details

Palaiopyrgo (Salmone)

PK	C353
TITLE	Palaiopyrgo (Salmone)
WGS84	37.652429° N, 21.531494° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.652429, 21.531494
LON/LAT	21.531494, 37.652429

DMS

37° 39' 8.7444" N

21° 31' 53.3784" E

W3W	walkers, anticipating, edicts
UTM	34 S, 546883, 4167385
EGSA87	282086, 4169831

Elevation m	39
Elevation feet	128
Region	Elis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    Building.   Messenia I, 226    ? 'Reports of the removal of many squared stone blocks are perhaps borne out by trenches at the east and west edges of the hill.'
2.    hab.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 304    Extent 'Unclear'
3.    Pithos.   Messenia I, 226    'Dörpfeld's report of prehistoric pottery is supported by the discovery nearby of a large pithos which should be MH.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 226, ' ... the discovery nearby of a large pithos which should be MH.'
    b.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 304, 'MH?'

NOTE

1. Homeric Thryon?

rhc

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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, '308 (5) Salmoni: Paliopirgo', pg. 304.

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., '5. Palaiopyrgo (Salmone)', pg. 226. Online here.