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Marmariani: Six PG and G Tholoi

PK	C1292
TITLE	Marmariani: Six PG and G Tholoi
WGS84	39.714163° N, 22.587584° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.714163, 22.587584
LON/LAT	22.587584, 39.714163

DMS

39° 42' 50.9868" N

22° 35' 15.3024" E

W3W	cutaway, medications, vowed
UTM	34 S, 636082, 4397238
EGSA87	378784, 4396700

Elevation m	104
Elevation feet	341.2
Region	Pelasgiotis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Syriopoulos [1995], 1173
2.    Settlement.   Ålin [1962], 139    ' ... Siedlungsreste und Tholosgräber aus, ... '
3.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 167    'Six others (tholoi, rhc), on the east side, smaller and rather irregular in shape, contained Protogeometric and Geometric burials, and some sherds ... '
4.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 283    ' ...; six others, on its E part, smaller and rather irregular in shape, held LPG - MG burials, and some material of this date was found on the site.'
5.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 252    ' ... de très près aux tholoi protogéométriques voisines dont l'étude architecturale a été faite par Heurtley et Skeat.'
6.    Tombs.   Wace and Thompson [1912], 54    'Tombs. seven in all were excavated. ... ..., and the other six contained vases of a peculiar, primitive geometric ware, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 139, ' ... bronzezeitliche Keramik.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 139, 'Nur eines von diesen (Tholos graves, RHC) ist aber mykenisch, ... '

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 139, ' ..., die von Hunter von IIIA bis IIIC datiert.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 139, ' ..., die von Hunter von IIIA bis IIIC datiert.'

5. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1173,
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 167, ' ..., contained Protogeometric and Geometric burials, ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 283, ' ..., help LPG - MG burials, ... '
    d.    Pelon [1976]: 252, ' ... de très près aux tholoi protogéométriques voisines ... '
    e.    Ålin [1962]: 139, 'Die anderen Keramikfunde aus diesen Gräbern stammen aus entwickelter protogeometrischer Zeit.'

6. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 1173,
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 167, ' ..., contained Protogeometric and Geometric burials, ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 283, ' ..., help LPG - MG burials, ... '
    d.    Wace and Thompson [1912]: , ' ..., and the other six contained vases of a peculiar, primitive geometric ware, ... '

NOTE

1. In 1896 Leonardos uncovered two (PG or G) tholos tombs on the Marmariani mound. Dr. Leonardos recommended further excavaton at the site and this was carried out in 1898 by Dr. Tsountas. He opened four additional of the PG/G tombs and discovered and cleared a collapsed tholos tomb on the W of the mound which he assigned to the Mycenaean based on the accompanying sherds. Later, in 1930, the whole mound was further investigated and described by Heurtley and Skeat. By that time the exact location of the Mycenaean tomb was lost nor was it discoverable by them. What is known of the Mycenaean tomb is addressed here as C1929; the other, later, tholoi as C1292.

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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., 'Marmariani', pg. 139.

2. Heurtley and Skeat [1930]: Heurtley, W. A. and T. C. Skeat. ‘The Tholos Tombs of Marmariane’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 31 (1930/1931), pp. 1-55., 'Tholos Tombs of Marmariane', pg. 1. Online here.

3. 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., '42. Marmariani', pg. 252. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 27 Marmariani', pg. 167. Online here.

5. 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 27 Marmariani', pg. 283. Online here.

6. Syriopoulos [1995]: Syriopoulos, Konstantinos. Γενικος Συνοπτικος Καταλογος Των Περιεχομενων και των Δυο Τομων: Δευτερος Τομος. Athens: Athens Archaeological Society. 1995., '', pg. 1173.

7. Wace and Thompson [1912]: Wace, Alan John Bayard and Maurice Scott Thompson. Prehistoric Thessaly; Being Some Account of Recent Excavations and Explorations in North-Eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the Borders of Macedonia. . Cambridge at the University Press, 1912., 'B. Marmariani.', pg. 53. Online here.