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Koutsochira: Diasela: Settlement

PKC446
TITLEKoutsochira: Diasela: Settlement
WGS84 37.599143° N, 21.72769° E
Accuracy 20 m.

LAT/LON 37.599143, 21.72769
LON/LAT 21.72769, 37.599143

DMS 37° 35' 56.9148" N,21° 43' 39.684" E

W3Wtender, scientist, tacklers
UTM34 S, 564236, 4161590
EGSA87 299253, 4163480

Elevation m94
Elevation feet 308.4
RegionTriphylia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 95    'Three collapsed chamber tombs were dug in a cemetery on the south slope.'
2.    hab.   BCH [1957], 574    
3.    hab.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 308    'HAB-CEM. 3 chamber tombs on lower S slope; 2 possible tholoi on crest; roof tiles; foundations of houses and fortifications (probably classical)'
4.    Settlement.   Messenia I, 229    'This is not a very impressive site and the settlement was probably of quite moderate size. The key to its location may hinge on a river ford.'
5.    Settlement.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 100    'Remains of a LH settlement were discovered; ... '
6.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 70    'Yalouris hat hier 1956 mykenische Siedlungsreste festgestellt und 3 Kammergräber einer Nekropole ausgegraben.'


SITE SIZE

- McDonald and Rapp [1972]  p. ,  Size: 13000 sq. m.  HAB-CEM. 3 chamber tombs on lower S slope; 2 possible tholoi on crest; roof tiles; foundations of houses and fortifications (probably classical)

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 100, 'Remains of a LH settlement were discovered.'

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 229, '.. a few items might be LH III A'
    b.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 308, 'LHIIIA?'
    c.    BCH [1957]: 574,

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 95, 'LH IIIA2-C C'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 229, 'The contents of the tombs, ..., are mainly LH III B - C, ...
    b.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 308, 'LHIIIB?'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 95, 'LH IIIA2-C C'
    d.    BCH [1957]: 574,
    e.    Ålin [1962]: 70, ' ... Scherben, die von IIIB bis zu submykenischer Zeit gehen.'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 229, 'The contents of the tombs, ..., are mainly LH III B - C, ...
    b.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 308, 'LHIIIC?'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 95, 'LH IIIA2-C C'
    d.    BCH [1957]: 574,
    e.    Ålin [1962]: 70, ' ... Scherben, die von IIIB bis zu submykenischer Zeit gehen.'

6. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 70, ' ... Scherben, die von IIIB bis zu submykenischer Zeit gehen.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  BCH [1957]:  Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 81, 1957., '', pg. 574. Online here.

2.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Koutsochira', pg. 70.

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, '331 (17) Dhiasela: Koutsochera', pg. 308.

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., '17. Koutsochira (Diasela)', pg. 229. Online here.

5.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 67 Dhiasela: Koutsocheira', pg. 95. Online here.

6.  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 89 Dhiasela: Koutsocheira', pg. 100. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C446 is at 37.5189° N, 21.58762° E, a straight-line distance of 15 km and 250 m.