Iklaina

Iklaina (Greek: Ίκλαινα) is a historic village in the municipality of Pylos, Messenia, Greece. Approximately 14 km to the northeast of the modern town of Pylos and 2 km NE of GR-9 (Pyrgos - Kyparissia - Pylos - Methoni). Important archaeological remains of the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1600-1100 BC) period have been brought to light through excavations and surface survey by the Archaeological Society and the University of Missouri–St. Louis under the direction of Professor Michael Cosmopoulos. The finds include an early Mycenaean palace, giant terrace walls, murals, an advanced drainage system, and a clay tablet from between 1450 and 1350 B.C. featuring an early example of Linear B writing. Other periods represented are the Late Classical and the Byzantine.

Iklaina has a small school, which is not used anymore, a church, and a square (plateia). It is surrounded by mountains with a rocky terrain, bushes and some forests and groves.

Geography

• Postal code: 240 01
• Elevation: 190 m
• Dialing code: 27230

Historical population

Year	Population
1981	352
1991	342
2001	361

External links

• Website of the Iklaina Archaeological Project: [1]
• http://www.unc.edu/awmc/iklainaarchproj.html - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• http://archaeology.about.com/b/a/073254.htm