Site details

Kladheos: Stravokefalo

PK	C478
TITLE	Kladheos: Stravokefalo
WGS84	37.682613° N, 21.650396° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.682613, 21.650396
LON/LAT	21.650396, 37.682613

DMS

37° 40' 57.4068" N

21° 39' 1.4256" E

W3W	crinkly, pronouns, mess
UTM	34 S, 557349, 4170800
EGSA87	292661, 4172911

Elevation m	92
Elevation feet	301.8
Region	Elis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   AD[1963], 103
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 94    'Seven chamber tombs .. were excavated at Stravokefalo, neast the west bank of Kladheos river. They are part of a large cemetery.'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 306    'CEM. 7 chamber tombs of large Mycenaean cemetery uncovered and partially destroyed during road construction: necklaces of glass paste, diadems (one found intact on cranium), terracotta figurines, metal artifacts, vases of LHIIIA-B'
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Messenia III, 129    'Seven chamber tombs have yielded LH IIIA-B vases, necklaces of glass paste, a diadem of the same material still in place around a skull, terracotta figurines and metal artefacts.'
5.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 97    'Seven chamber tombs, partially destroyed by road works, were excavated here near the W bank of the Kladheos river, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 306, 'LHIIIA - IIIB'
    b.    Messenia III: 129, 'Seven chamber tombs have yielded LH IIIA-B vases, necklaces of glass-paste, a diadem of the same material still in place around a skull, terracotta figurines and metal artefacts.'
    c.    AD[1963]: 103,

2. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 97, 'LH IIIA(1?)-C'

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 94, 'LH IIIA2-C'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 306, 'LHIIIA - IIIB'
    b.    Messenia III: 129, 'Seven chamber tombs have yielded LH IIIA-B vases, necklaces of glass-paste, a diadem of the same material still in place around a skull, terracotta figurines and metal artefacts.'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 94, 'LH IIIA2-C'
    d.    AD[1963]: 103,
    e.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 97, 'LH IIIA(1?)-C'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 94, 'LH IIIA2-C', 'At least one of the published vases, ..., appears to by LH IIIC.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 97, 'LH IIIA(1?)-C', '..at least one published vase, a hydria decorated with a thick wavy line, ought to be LH IIIC.'

NOTE

1. The description only says 'Near Kladheos' on right bank of the river. I believe that this is it.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1963]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 18, '', pg. 103.

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, '325 (9B) Kladheos: Stravokefalo', pg. 306.

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., '9B. Kladheos', pg. 129. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 57 Kladheos: Stravokefalo and Trypes', pg. 94. Online here.

5. 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 80 Kladheos: Stravokefalo', pg. 97. Online here.