Mycenaean period. The settlement was located on the top of a ridge on the Northern edge of the Ramovouni mountains, overlooking the Soulima plain in the center of Messenia.[1] It is one of the best preserved fortified settlements of Middle-Late Helladic Greece.[2]
tholos tombs, excavated by Natan Valmin in the summer of 1927. The settlement on the ridge was first excavated by Natan Valmin between 1926 and 1935,[1] then left untouched until the Malthi Archaeological Project, in collaboration with the Swedish Institute of Athens, cleared natural growth from the site and re-excavated it between 2015 and 2017. This second excavation was conducted by Michael Lindblom and Rebecca Worsham.[2]
^ abcValmin, Natan (1938). The Swedish Expedition of Messenia. Lund University Press, C.W.K. Gleerup.
^ abLindblom, Michael; Worsham, Rebecca; Zikidi, Claire (2018). "Preliminary Report of the Malthi Archaeological Project". Obscula Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome. II: 7–27.
