Koutsochira: Diasela: Settlement
| PK | C446 |
| TITLE | Koutsochira: 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 |
| W3W | tender, scientist, tacklers |
| UTM | 34 S, 564236, 4161590 |
| EGSA87 | 299253, 4163480 |
| Elevation m | 94 |
| Elevation feet | 308.4 |
| Region | Triphylia |
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.