Site details

Voidhokoilia: Spoil Banks

PK	C6561
TITLE	Voidhokoilia: Spoil Banks
WGS84	36.96733° N, 21.660988° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.96733, 21.660988
LON/LAT	21.660988, 36.96733

DMS

36° 58' 2.388" N

21° 39' 39.5568" E

W3W	laidback, dent, geese
UTM	34 S, 558838, 4091452
EGSA87	291629, 4093517

Elevation m	1
Elevation feet	3.3
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Messenia II, 232    'For ca. 300 m. toward the W end of the E-W drainage canal nearest Voidhokoilia bay the spoil banks contain fragments of pottery, roof tiles and small to medium-sized stones which are presumably from the foundations of house walls.'
2.    Pottery.   Messenia III, 150    'Professor Pritchett and his colleagues confirm our identification of prehistoric pottery in the spoil banks beside the drainage ditches in the NW area of the lagoon ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Messenia II: 232, 'Several sherds are EH, ... '

2. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Messenia II: 232, ' ..., one handle is MH, ... '

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Messenia II: 232, ' ..., and there is part of the bowl of a LH III B kylix.'

4. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Messenia II: 232, 'The largest fragment comprises most of one side of a (SM?) skyphos ... '

NOTE

1. Additional: Pritchett, W. Kendrick. Studies in Ancient Greek Topography, I, 6-11.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., '59E. Osmanaga (Petrochori)', pg. 150. Online here.

2. Messenia II: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Exploration in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1962-1963’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 68, No. 3 (Jul., 1964), pp. 229-245., '59B.', pg. 232. Online here.

3. Pritchett [1965]: Pritchett, W. Kendrick. Studies in Ancient Greek Geography: Part I. University of California Press. Berkeley, Los Angeles. 1965., '',