The Minnesota Messenia Expedition: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Regional Environment

acropolis agricultural Alpheios ancient archaeological Ayios classical clay coast coastal copper core areas crops cultivation Deltion evidence excavation grain Greece Greek GULF OF KYPARISSIA HAB-CEM habitation sites Helladic hill Hope Simpson irrigation Ithomi Kalamata Karpofora kiln km radi km to sea Koroni Kyparissia Late Bronze Age LHIIIB major Malthi Marinatos medium Meligala Messene Messenia Messenian Gulf Methoni modern Morea Mountains Mycenaean Navarino Nedha Nichoria olive Olympia Osmanaga Lagoon palace Pamisos Valley pattern Pausanias Peloponnese percent period Petalidhi pithoi place-names plain Pocket Map pollen population pottery prehistoric probably production Province Pylos region ridge River Rizomilo road Roebuck route samples Secondary land sediment settlement sherds slopes soil southwest Peloponnese sparse Sparta spring Steniklarian surface Taygetos terraces tholos Thouria Thucydides tion tombs towns trees Triphylia UMME Valmin Venetian village Vounaria ware