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Ayioi Theodoroi: Cem

PK	C1281
TITLE	Ayioi Theodoroi: Cem
WGS84	39.006459° N, 22.932909° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	39.006459, 22.932909
LON/LAT	22.932909, 39.006459

DMS

39° 0' 23.2524" N

22° 55' 58.4724" E

W3W	clubs, bedposts, directory
UTM	34 S, 667365, 4319271
EGSA87	407457, 4317748

Elevation m	112
Elevation feet	367.5
Region	Achaea Phthiotis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 279    'It contained pottery, bronzes, sealstones, and some jewellery; ... '
2.    Artifacts.   Rousioti [2018], 412    ' ...: beads of cornelian, mostly amygdaloid, ... a seal ...bronze weaponry ... '
3.    Cem.   AD[1999], 391
4.    Lithics.   Rousioti [2018], 412    ' ..., steatite cones ... '
5.    Pottery.   Rousioti [2018], 412    ' ... and one vase, a monochrome piriform jar FS 45.'
6.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 164    'A small tholos tomb (diameter 3.54 m.) was excavated here, about 2 km. northeast of Ayios Theodoros, to north of the road, and overlooking Gritsa and the bay of Pteleon.'
7.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 279    'A small tholos tomb (d. 3.54 m.)) was excavated here, ... '
8.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 251    'Tholos E (41E) La tholos d'Agii Théodori est construite sous un tumulus qui est resté presque intact.'
9.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 146    '...grub Verdelis ein Tholosgrab ohne Entlastungsdreieck aus.'
10.    Tholos.   Rousioti [2018], 411    'The tholos tomb close to the village of Ayioi Theodoroi ... '
11.    Tomb.   PAE[1951], 129

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 146, 'Es enthielt 6 Bestattungen und Keramik aus IIIA.'
    b.    PAE[1951]: 129,
    c.    Rousioti [2018]: 413, 'It (Grey Ware, rhc) appears ... within the chronological frame of the LH IIIA and ... '

2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 164, 'LH III(A2-B) H'
    b.    Pelon [1976]: 251, '... enfin la tholos E se situe à l'HR IIIA 2.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 278, 'LH III(A2-B)'
    d.    Rousioti [2018]: 413, ' ... indicates that the tomb was in use in the LH III A2 - LH IIIB1 period.'

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 164, 'LH III(A2-B) H'
    b.    PAE[1951]: 129,
    c.    AD[1999]: 391,
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 278, 'LH III(A2-B)'

4. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    Rousioti [2018]: 413, 'It (Grey Ware, rhc) appears ... within the chronological frame of the LH IIIA and IIIB periods.'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    AD[1999]: 391,

6. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    AD[1999]: 391,

7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    AD[1999]: 391,

NOTE

1. The location of this tholos is the subject of blog post here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1951]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1951., '', pg. 129.

2. AD[1999]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 54, '', pg. 391.

3. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Ajioi Theodoroi', pg. 146.

4. Karantzali [2021]: Karantzali, Efi. Η ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑΤΟΥ ΜΥΚΗΝΑΪΚΟΥ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ; Πρόσφατα ευρήματακαι πορίσματα της έρευνας; THE PERIPHERYOF THE MYCENAEAN WORLD; Recent discoveries and research result. Ministry of Culture and Sports; General Directοrατε of Antiquities and Cultural Heritageephorate of Antiquities of Fthiotida and Evrytania; Athens 2021, '',

5. Pelon [1976]: Pelon, Olivier. Tholoi, tumuli et cercles funéraires; Recherches sur les monuments funéraires de plan circulaire dan l'Égée de l’Âge du Bronze (IIIe at IIe millénaires av. J.-C). Bibliothèques de l'École française d'Athènes et de Rome - Série Athènes, 229. 1976., '41. Ptéléon', pg. 248. Online here.

6. Rousioti [2018]: Rousioti, Dimitra. ‘The Tholos Tombs at Pteleos (Gritsa and Ayioi Theodoroi), Magnesia and their Contribution to the Reconstruction of the Cultural Landscape of Mycenaean Thessaly’, In Karantzali (ed.) [2021] 407-416, 'The Ayioi Theodoroi tholos tomb', pg. 411. Online here.

7. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 12 Pteleon: Ayios Theodoros', pg. 164. Online here.

8. 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., 'H 14 Pteleon: Ayios Theodoros', pg. 278. Online here.