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Drouva (Olympia): Asteri

PK	C371
TITLE	Drouva (Olympia): Asteri
WGS84	37.647937° N, 21.630073° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.647937, 21.630073
LON/LAT	21.630073, 37.647937

DMS

37° 38' 52.5732" N

21° 37' 48.2628" E

W3W	chatty, paella, felines
UTM	34 S, 555582, 4166941
EGSA87	290771, 4169108

Elevation m	42
Elevation feet	137.8
Region	Elis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery

TYPE

1.    Cem.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 306    'Cem?'
2.    Pottery.   Messenia III, 129    'Pottery of MH and LH periods, as well as G and A, is being washed out of the Kladheos bank just behind the station.'
3.    Sherds.   Messenia I, 226    'Note: At a spot ca. 400 m. E-NE of the Olympia railroad station in an area called Asteri, the Kladeios has cut deeply into its western bank and is washing out potsheds dating from LH, C (?) and R times.'
4.    Sherds.   BCH [1959], 655    ' ..., de nombreux tessons ... '
5.    Sherds.   BCH [1961], 722    'Dans le Cladéos, derrière la gare du chemin de fer, des tessons H. M. et mycéniens ont été mis au jour ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 306, 'MH'
    b.    BCH [1961]: 722, ' ..., des tessons H. M. et mycéniens ont été mis au jour ... '
    c.    Messenia III: 129, 'Pottery of MH and LH periods, as well as G and A, ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 226, ' ..., the Kladeios has cut deeply into its western bank and is washing out potsheds dating from LH, C (?) and R times.'
    b.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 306, 'LH'
    c.    BCH [1959]: 655, LH III? ' ..., de nombreux tessons dont un de la fin du mycénien.'
    d.    BCH [1961]: 722, ' ..., des tessons H. M. et mycéniens ont été mis au jour ... '
    e.    Messenia III: 129, 'Pottery of MH and LH periods, as well as G and A, ... '

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 129, 'Pottery of MH and LH periods, as well as G and A, ... '

4. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 129, 'Pottery of MH and LH periods, as well as G and A, ... '

NOTE

1. These sherds from the right bank of the Kladheos are routinely described as 'just behind the railroad station'. But the Kladheos is not behind the railroad station (F5225), being some 200 m. distant. The only positive directions are in Messenia I, 226 which says that the find spot was 400 m. to the ENE of the station. That is where I have placed the marker.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1959]: Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, Volume 83, 1959., 'Olympie et environs immédiats.', pg. 655. Online here.

2. BCH [1961]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 85, 1961., 'Olympie, fouilles grecques.', pg. 722. Online here.

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, '322 (8B) Olympia: railroad station', pg. 306.

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., '7. Drouva (Olympia)', pg. 226. Online here.

5. Messenia III: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Explorations in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1964-1968’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 73, No. 2 (Apr., 1969), pp. 123-177., '8B. Railroad Station (Olympia)', pg. 129. Online here.