Site details

Tripiti: Kastro

PK	C357
TITLE	Tripiti: Kastro
WGS84	37.567079° N, 21.779114° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	37.567079, 21.779114
LON/LAT	21.779114, 37.567079

DMS

37° 34' 1.4844" N

21° 46' 44.8104" E

W3W	doglike, promises, manages
UTM	34 S, 568805, 4158069
EGSA87	303709, 4159814

Elevation m	371
Elevation feet	1217.2
Region	Triphylia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 100    'A fine acropolis immediately above and SW of Trypeti, ...'
2.    hab.   Meyer [1957], 40    '...das eigentliche "Kastro" ...'
3.    hab.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 308    'HAB.'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 98    'But sherds of Middle Helladic and Mycenaean types have been claimed.'
5.    Sherds.   Messenia I, 230    ..a 'late Mycenaean handle'

SITE SIZE

- McDonald and Rapp [1972]  p. 308,  Size: 7500 sq. m.  '150 m E-W x 50 (much larger C site spread over several hills) (0.8 ha)'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 100,  Size: 3750 sq. m.  'On the acropolis (c. 150 m. E-W by 25 m.)...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 230, 'We are not sure whether this is the exact site where Sperling found "a few fragments - similar to the MH ware of Olympia, ... "'
    b.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 308, 'MH?'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 100, 'MH LH? C H'
    d.    Simpson [1981]: 98, 'But sherds of Middle Helladic and Mycenaean types have been claimed.''

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 308, 'LH?'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 98, 'But sherds of Middle Helladic and Mycenaean types have been claimed.''
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 100, 'MH LH? C H'
    d.    Messenia I: 230, '" ..., and some that are apparently LH."'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Meyer [1957]: 41, '..und auch unter meinen wenigen Scherben befindet sich ein spätmykenischer Henkel.'

NOTE

1. Position derived from Meyer [1957] 41.

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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, '332 (18) Tripiti: Kastro (ancient Stylandion?)', pg. 308.

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., '18. Kastro (Tripiti)', pg. 230. Online here.

3. Meyer [1957]: Meyer, Ernst. Neue Peloponnesische Wanderungen. A. Francke AG Verlag. Bern, Switzerland. 1957., 'Das Nördliche Triphylien', pg. 40.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Trypeti: Kastro', pg. 98. 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., 'B 91 Trypeti: Kastro', pg. 100. Online here.