Mandhra: Chazna: Tholos
| PK | C124 |
| TITLE | Mandhra: Chazna: Tholos |
| WGS84 | 37.31015° N, 21.923113° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.31015, 21.923113 |
| LON/LAT | 21.923113, 37.31015 |
| DMS | 37° 18' 36.54" N | , | 21° 55' 23.2068" E |
| W3W | stairwell, crusty, perfects |
| UTM | 34 S, 581801, 4129679 |
| EGSA87 | 315800, 4131014 |
| Elevation m | 128 |
| Elevation feet | 419.9 |
| Region | Messenia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos
TYPE
1. Tholos. Simpson [1981], 141 'Karo ... listed two tholos tombs near Mandhra ... as reported to him by Valmin. One of these is presumably the ruined tholos tomb about 20 m. southwest of the church of Ayios Yeoryios at the west end of Mandhra village.' Simpson's reference to Karo is to Realencyclopädie, Suppl. VI (1935) 607.2. Tholos. Ålin [1962], 79 'McDonald und Simpson fanden hier ein eingestürztes Tholosgrab.'
3. Tholos. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 173 'A ruined tholos tomb was found c. 20 m. SW of the church of Ayios Yeoryios ... '
4. Tholos. Messenia I, 234 'A collapsed tholos tomb in the hamlet of Mandhra which is ca. 1 km. N-NE of Elektra village.'
5. Tholos. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 173 'A ruined tholos tomb was found c. 20 m. SW of the church of Ayios Yeoryios...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 141, 'EH? MH? LH III(A-B)'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 172, ? ' ... LH III(A-B)'
2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 141, 'EH? MH? LH III(A-B)'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 172, ? ' ... LH III(A-B)'
NOTE
1. Care must be taken when using the dates assigned to this church-yard tholos tomb. Simpson [1981], 141, 'F 235 Mandhra: Chazna' does not quite make clear what he means. In Messenia I, p. 234, 30. Chasna (Mandhra), there is no dating info at all.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Chasna', pg. 78.
2. Messenia I: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Habitation in Southwestern Peloponnese’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jul., 1961), pp. 221-260., '30. Chasna (Mandhra)', pg. 234.
Authors do not supply a chronology.
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3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 235 Mandhra: Chazna', pg. 141.
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4. 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 217 Mandhra: Chazna', pg. 172.
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