Site details

Salmoni: Vamvakia

PK	C475
TITLE	Salmoni: Vamvakia
WGS84	37.65983° N, 21.520079° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	37.65983, 21.520079
LON/LAT	21.520079, 37.65983

DMS

37° 39' 35.388" N

21° 31' 12.2844" E

W3W	loathes, surging, booksellers
UTM	34 S, 545872, 4168201
EGSA87	281100, 4170679

Elevation m	70
Elevation feet	229.7
Region	Elis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 304    'CEM. Pithos burial'
2.    Cem.   Messenia III, 128    'pithos burial'
3.    Tomb.   Messenia I, 226    'Also, in summer 1960 construction of a new road uncovered a PG pithos burial at a spot called Bambakia ... '
4.    Tomb.   BCH [1961], 723    ' ..., une tombe contenait des ossements ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 304, 'PG'
    b.    Messenia I: 226, ' ... a PG pithos burial ... '
    c.    Messenia III: 128, ' ... transitional between SM and PG.'
    d.    BCH [1961]: 723, 'Ces vases appartiennent à l'époque intermédiaire entre l'époque submycénienne et l'époque protogéométrique.'

2. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 128, ' ... transitional between SM and PG.'
    b.    BCH [1961]: 723, 'Ces vases appartiennent à l'époque intermédiaire entre l'époque submycénienne et l'époque protogéométrique.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1961]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 85, 1961., ''Salmoni.'', pg. 723. Online here.

2. 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, '310 (5A) Salmoni: Vamvakia', pg. 304.

3. 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., '5. Palaiopyrgo (Salmone)', pg. 226. Discusses Bambakia in the final two sentences.
Online here.

4. 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., '5A. Vamvakia (Salmoni)', pg. 128. Online here.