Site details

Babes:Arnokataracho

PK	C476
TITLE	Babes:Arnokataracho
WGS84	37.617364° N, 21.637149° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.617364, 21.637149
LON/LAT	21.637149, 37.617364

DMS

37° 37' 2.5104" N

21° 38' 13.7364" E

W3W	peroxide, staining, idyllic
UTM	34 S, 556230, 4163553
EGSA87	291310, 4165700

Elevation m	266
Elevation feet	872.7
Region	Triphylia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tomb

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   PAE[1956], 191
2.    Artifacts.   Messenia III, 130    A complex site involving a later habitation and a possible cemetery. The Mycenaean object was a dagger.
3.    Built Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 99    'A destroyed rectangular built grave here produced vases, one at least LH IIB.'
4.    Cem.   Simpson [1981], 95    'A destroyed rectangular built grave here contained vases, ...'
5.    Cem.   Boyd [2001], 191    'Description: rectangular built grave.'
6.    Cem.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 304    'CEM? Mycenaean dagger ..'
7.    Dagger.   Daux [1959], 658    '...un couteau mycénien de bronze (0 m. 16 de long).'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 95, MH? LH IIB G A C H
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 100, 'A dagger found on the N slope has been attributed to LH, but is more MH in appearance...'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 304, 'LH G; A C; H; R'
    b.    Messenia III: 130, 'Yalouris also reports the discovery of a Mycenaean dagger from the acropolis.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 100, 'A dagger found on the N slope has been attributed to LH, ...'
    d.    Daux [1959]: 658, '...mycénien...'

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 191, 'Chronology: LHII.'

4. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 95, 'MH? LH IIB G A C H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 100, '..produced vases, one at least LH IIB.'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    PAE[1956]: 191,

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    PAE[1956]: 191,

7. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    PAE[1956]: 191,

8. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 95, MH? LH IIB G A C H
    b.    PAE[1956]: 191,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1956]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1956., '', pg. 191.

2. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '47: Makrísia: Arnokatáraho', pg. 191. Online here.

3. Daux [1959]: Daux, Georges. ‘Chronique des fouilles’, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique, 83 (2), pp. 567-793. 1959., 'Babés', pg. 656. 'Aux environs de Babés ...'
Online here.

4. 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, '314 (16A) Babes: Arnokataracho', pg. 304.

5. 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., '16A. Babes', pg. 130. Online here.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 66 Babes: Arnokataracho', pg. 95. Online here.

7. 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 88 Babes: Arnokataracho', pg. 99. Online here.