Tsoukaleika
| PK | C471 |
| TITLE | Tsoukaleika |
| WGS84 | 37.205788° N, 22.014617° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.205788, 22.014617 |
| LON/LAT | 22.014617, 37.205788 |
| DMS | 37° 12' 20.8368" N | , | 22° 0' 52.6212" E |
| W3W | stack, margarine, learns |
| UTM | 34 S, 590034, 4118184 |
| EGSA87 | 323667, 4119260 |
| Elevation m | 349 |
| Elevation feet | 1145 |
| Region | Messenia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Cem. McDonald and Rapp [1972], 286 'CEM? Grave group said to come from vicinity'2. hab. Messenia I, 255 'A kastro situated on a relatively high, rocky and barren hill ...'
3. Pottery. Messenia III, 159 ' ... a small oinochoe was found accidentally "near the village of Tsoukaleika" ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Messenia I: 255, '... and "two sherds which seem to be Mycenaean."'
2. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 286, 'PG'
b. Messenia III: 158, 'From the accompanying illustration it appears to us to belong to the PG period.'
NOTE
1. From Messenia III, 160: "We were unable to establish the exact find-spot."
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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, '133 (78E) Tsoukaleika', pg. 286.
2. 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., '(k) Tsoukaleika', pg. 255.
Online here.
3. 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., '78E. Tsoukaleika', pg. 159.
Online here.