Site details

Pyla: Kokkinorachi

PK	C386
TITLE	Pyla: Kokkinorachi
WGS84	36.953384° N, 21.73125° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	36.953384, 21.73125
LON/LAT	21.73125, 36.953384

DMS

36° 57' 12.1824" N

21° 43' 52.5" E

W3W	startled, attune, lodged
UTM	34 S, 565104, 4089951
EGSA87	297848, 4091818

Elevation m	138
Elevation feet	452.8
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [2014], 21    'HAB; 0.3 ha; 'farm'(?)'
2.    hab.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 270    'HAB'
3.    Settlement.   Messenia III, 149    'This seems to have been a rather insignificant settlement, ...'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 141    '...a few prehistoric sherds were found within an area c. 80 m. NW-SE by 40 m.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [2014]  p. ,  Size: 3000 sq. m.  HAB; 0.3 ha; 'farm'(?)

- McDonald and Rapp [1972]  p. 270,  Size: 3200 sq. m.  '80 m NW-SE x 40 (0.3 ha)'

-   p. 270,  Size: 3200 sq. m.  '80 m NW-SE x 40 (0.3 ha)'

- Messenia III  p. 149,  Size: 3200 sq. m.  '...in an area about 80 m. NW-SE by 40 m. on the summit of the ridge.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Prehistoric: (4000 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 149, 'Prehistoric sherds occur in very limited number...'

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 21, '?'
    b.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 270, 'MH? LH (sparse)'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 141, 'MH? LH?'

3. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 21, ' ..., LH(?)'
    b.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 270, 'MH? LH (sparse)'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 141, 'MH? LH?'

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, '40 Pila: Kokkinorachi', pg. 270.

2. 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., '58B. Kokkinorachi (Pila)', pg. 149. Online here.

3. Simpson [2014]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos. Philadelphia:Instap Academic Press, 2014. , '58B Pyla: Kokkinorachi', pg. 21.

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., 'D 40 Pila: Kokkinorachi', pg. 141. Online here.