Site details

Longa: Palaiokastro

PK	C396
TITLE	Longa: Palaiokastro
WGS84	36.884111° N, 21.895115° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	36.884111, 21.895115
LON/LAT	21.895115, 36.884111

DMS

36° 53' 2.7996" N

21° 53' 42.414" E

W3W	being, raider, compute
UTM	34 S, 579765.44, 4082390.54
EGSA87	312270, 4083797

Elevation m	221
Elevation feet	725.1
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [2014], 24    'HAB(?) (small?)'
2.    hab.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 280    'HAB. ... '
3.    Lithics.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 280    ' ... obsidian, chert'
4.    Settlement.   Messenia III, 155    ' ... definite MH and possible N habitation.'
5.    Sherds.   Messenia II, 234    '..a small refuge site ...'
6.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 155    'On the E slopes some prehistoric sherds were found, including MH.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 24, ' ..., MH, ... '
    b.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 280, 'MH (sparse)'
    c.    Messenia III: 155, ' ... definite MH and possible N habitation.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 155, 'N? MH'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 24, ' ..., LH(?), ... '
    b.    Messenia II: , ?

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, '106 Longa: Paliokastro', pg. 280. S-SW should be N-NW

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., '75C. Paliokastro (Longa)', pg. 155. Online here.

3. Messenia II: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Exploration in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1962-1963’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 68, No. 3 (Jul., 1964), pp. 229-245., '75C. Palaiokastro (Longa)', pg. 234. Online here.

4. Simpson [2014]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos. Philadelphia:Instap Academic Press, 2014. , '75C Longa: Palaiokastro', pg. 24.

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., 'D 106 Longa: Palaiokastro', pg. 155. Online here.