Table of Contents -- I. The Dark Age -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Architecture -- Area II -- Area III -- N. Veves -- Area IV -- Areas VI, VII -- Summary -- 3. The Pottery -- 4. The Burials -- The Late Geometric Pithos Burial -- Analysis of Skeletal Material -- Human Bone Mineral and Nutrition -- The Nichoria Environs -- 5. The Small Finds -- The Metal Objects -- The Evidence for Spinning and Weaving -- A Note on Stone and Bone Artefacts -- Miscellaneous Small Finds -- 6. The Dark Age at Nichoria: A Perspective -- General Trends -- Trends in Messenia and Neighboring Regions -- Chronology -- The Nichoria Community in the Dark Age -- Village Life in the Dark Age -- II. Archaic to Roman Times -- 7. The Site and Environs -- The Archaic Period -- The Classical Period -- The Hellenistic Period -- The Roman Period -- Summary -- III. The Byzantine Occupation -- 8. Introduction -- The Byzantine Remains on the Ridge -- Nichoria's Environs in the Byzantine Period -- 9. The Architecture -- Area II -- Area III -- Area IV -- Analysis -- 10. The Pottery -- Area II: Glazed Wares -- Area II: Coarse Wares -- Area II: Tiles -- Area IV: Glazed Wares -- Area IV: Sgraffito Wares -- Area IV: Coarse Wares -- Roof Tiles -- 11. The Burials -- Introduction -- Stomion Burial -- Analysis of Skeletal Material -- Bone Mineral and Nutrition -- 12. The Small Finds -- Metal Objects -- Glass Objects -- Painted Plaster -- 13. Summary -- The General Historical Situation -- The Local Situation -- IV. Post-Byzantine Times -- 14. The Site and Environs -- Unit VI-1 -- The Nichoria Environs -- Concordance -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.