Site details

Chilia Choria (Mesopotamos) Habitation (A)

PK	C361
TITLE	Chilia Choria (Mesopotamos) Habitation (A)
WGS84	36.970307° N, 21.804731° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	36.970307, 21.804731
LON/LAT	21.804731, 36.970307

DMS

36° 58' 13.1052" N

21° 48' 17.0316" E

W3W	careers, intensively, genre
UTM	34 S, 571630, 4091881
EGSA87	304435, 4093542

Elevation m	346
Elevation feet	1135.2
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Messenia I, 245    'The habitation site is on the level plateau ca. 150 m. south of D in fig. 11 in a field ... '
2.    Sherds.   Ålin [1962], 88    'McDonald und Simpson fanden hier Fragmente von ... Scherben, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Messenia I  p. 245,  Size: 5000 sq. m.  'Sherds are scattered over an area at least ioo m. by 50 m.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 245, ' ... some coarse reddish pottery, perhaps MH - LH I; ... '
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 88, ' ... Scherben, die sie vermuten aus MH - SH I zu stammen.'

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 245, ' ... some coarse reddish pottery, perhaps MH - LH I; ... '
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 88, ' ... Scherben, die sie vermuten aus MH - SH I zu stammen.'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 245, ' ...; frgs. of LH III B long-stemmed kylixes, ... '
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 88, ' ... fanden hier Fragmente von IIIB-Kylixes und Scherben, ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Chilia Chora', pg. 88.

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., '68. Chilia Choria (Mesopotamos)', pg. 245. Online here.