PKey Report
      
PKC455
TITLEVromoneri Nozaina
WGS84 37.03363° N, 21.60694° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.03363, 21.60694
LON/LAT 21.60694, 37.03363

DMS 37° 2' 1.068" N,21° 36' 24.984" E

W3Wmeek, ponder, workspace
UTM34 S, 553980, 4098775
EGSA87 287002, 4100993

Elevation m9
Elevation feet 29.5
RegionMessenia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Sherds

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Heath [nd],     ' ...; lithics are present there also, but are most plentiful in the southern clearing where pottery is scarce.'

2.    Sherds.   Davis and Bennet [2017], 40    'Very eroded potsherds and lithics were collected principally in two small clearings bordered by low maquis-covered scarps, ...'

3.    Sherds.   Heath [nd],     'Very eroded potsherds and ... ', ' ... but in the northern clearing the surface density of potsherds was high-nearly 500 sherds, ... '



PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Helladic II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)

    a.    Heath [nd]: 'Periods Represented EH II, LH IIIB?'

    b.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 40 '...consisting almost exclusively of EH II material in a standard range of shapes.', 'EH II, LH IIIB?'

2. Late Helladic IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)

    a.    Heath [nd]: 'Periods Represented EH II, LH IIIB?'

    b.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 40 '..., and seven worn, small body sherds, in a fabric closely resembling LH IIIB palace ware, ...','EH II, LH IIIB?'


NOTE

1.  Google Earth gives 8 m. as the elevation on this promontory. Davis and Bennet [2017] 40, 'I20 Vromoneri Nozaina' say '... and bordered on the west by 15 m high cliffs, ...'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Davis and Bennet [2017]:  Davis, Jack L. and John Bennet (eds.). The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project; A Retrospective. American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2017., 'I20 Vromoneri Nozaina', pg. 40.

2.  Heath [nd]:  Heath, Sebastian. PRAP Site Gazetteer, 'I20 Vromoneri Nozaina', pg. 1. Online here. Online here.