PKey Report

PK	C473
TITLE	Yannitsochori: Ayios Yeoryios
WGS84	37.39334° N, 21.687642° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.39334, 21.687642
LON/LAT	21.687642, 37.39334

DMS

37° 23' 36.024" N

21° 41' 15.5112" E

W3W	medicines, wreckage, scrub
UTM	34 S, 560867, 4138730
EGSA87	295156, 4140730

Elevation m	18
Elevation feet	59.1
Region	Triphylia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1. hab. McDonald and Rapp [1972], 300 'HAB.'

2. Lithics. McDonald and Rapp [1972], 300 'Several frags. of obsidian'

3. Mound. Messenia III, 130 'Its church of Ayios Yeoryios, under construction at the time the area was visited, occupies the center of a prehistoric mound about 60 m. in diameter.'

4.    Mound.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 180    ' ... the newly constructed church of Ayios Yeoryios occupies the centre of a prehistoric mound ... '

SITE SIZE

- McDonald and Rapp [1972]  p. 300,  Size: 3600 sq. m.  '60 m x 60 (0.4 ha)'

-   p. ,  Size: 2827 sq. m.  Based on a circle of 60 m. in diameter

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 180,  Size: 2827 sq. m.  ' ... the centre of a prehistoric mound c. 60 m. in diameter.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Helladic: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)

    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 300, 'EH (sparse)'

2. Early Helladic II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)

    a.    Messenia III: 130, 'In this area we found a good many sherds of excellent EH II "Urfirnis" and "mottled ware" ... '

    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 180, 'It seems likely that occupation was confined to the EH period, ... ', 'EH II', 'Excellent EH II sherds were found here, ... '

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, '246 (21B) Yannitsochori: Ayios Yeoryios', pg. 300.

2. 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., '21B. Ayios Yeoryios (Yannitsochori)', pg. 130. Online here.

3. 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., 'D 246 Yiannitsochori: Ayios Yeoryios', pg. 180. Online here.