Site details

Olympia: Drouva: Hab

PK	C372
TITLE	Olympia: Drouva: Hab
WGS84	37.641032° N, 21.62229° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.641032, 21.62229
LON/LAT	21.62229, 37.641032

DMS

37° 38' 27.7152" N

21° 37' 20.244" E

W3W	glisten, fading, sidelined
UTM	34 S, 554901, 4166170
EGSA87	290065, 4168359

Elevation m	96
Elevation feet	315
Region	Elis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 304    'HAB. Abundant obsidian'
2.    hab.   Daux [1959], 655    'Des sondages peu profonds ont prouvé l'existence d'un habitat mycénien.'
3.    Lithics.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 304    'HAB: Abundant obsidian'
4.    Settlement.   Messenia I, 226    'A very important site in a strategic position with a wide view over the convergence of the Kladeios and Alpheios valleys.'
5.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 95    'A LH settlement, perhaps the most important of the Olympic area, ...'
6.    Sherds.   Daux [1959], 655    'Des centaines de tessons...'

SITE SIZE

- McDonald and Rapp [1972]  p. ,  Size: 15000 sq. m.  HAB. Abundant obsidian

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Daux [1959]: 655, '...tessons de la fin du mycénien, ...', '...ont prouvé l'existence d'un habitat mycénien.'

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 95, 'LH III(A-B)'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 226, 'Trenches and pits revealed masses of undecorated LH III B pottery, ... '
    b.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 304, 'LHIIIB (heavy)'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 95, 'LH III(A-B)'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Daux [1959]: Daux, Georges. ‘Chronique des fouilles’, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique, 83 (2), pp. 567-793. 1959., '', pg. 655. Online here.

2. 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, '317 (7) Olympia: Dhrouva', pg. 304.

3. 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.

4. 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 73 Olympia: Drouva', pg. 95. Online here.