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Tourkokivouro

PKC132
TITLETourkokivouro
WGS84 37.145417° N, 21.976553° E
Accuracy 100 m.

LAT/LON 37.145417, 21.976553
LON/LAT 21.976553, 37.145417

DMS 37° 8' 43.5012" N,21° 58' 35.5908" E

W3Wharmless, weird, illustrated
UTM34 S, 586725, 4111450
EGSA87 320145, 4112633

Elevation m29
Elevation feet 95.1
RegionMessenia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Mound

TYPE

1.    Mound.   Simpson [1981], 129    'About 300 m. to east is a mound named Tourkokivouro, which may connceal a tholos tomb.'
2.    Tholos.   Messenia II, 236    'A tholos mound is situated ca. 300 m. E of the quarry (i.e., C131, rhc).'
3.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 159    'About 300 m. to E (of C131, rhc) is a mound which may conceal a tholos tomb.'
4.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 88    'Ein Tholosgrab wurde hier durch Raubgrabungen zerstört.'
5.    Tomb.   Messenia III, 158    'The only structure encountered was an empty slab grave, probably EH.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH: (3100 BC - 2000 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 158, '...probably EH.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 129, About 300 m. to east is a mound named Tourkokivouro, which may conceal a tholos tomb.
    b.    Messenia II: 236, 'Since these EH and LH finds...', A tholos would hardly be EH.

NOTE

1.  The authors (Messenia III) have modified their earlier opinion. They say 'Mr. Papathanasopoulos suggests that this is a habitation site, rather than (as we thought) a cemetery.'

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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., 'Tourkokivouro', pg. 88.

2.  Messenia III:  McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Explorations in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1964-1968’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 73, No. 2 (Apr., 1969), pp. 123-177., '77B. Tourkokivouro (Lambaina)', pg. 157. Online here.

3.  Messenia II:  McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Exploration in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1962-1963’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 68, No. 3 (Jul., 1964), pp. 229-245., '77B. Tourkokivouro (Lambaina)', pg. 235. The end of this article deals with Tourkokivouro.
Online here.

4.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 120 Lambaina Quarry', pg. 129. About 300 m. to east is a mound named Tourkokivouro, which may conceal a tholos tomb.
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., 'D 122 Lambaina: Tourkokivouro', pg. 159. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C132 is at 37.02148° N, 22.02146° E, a straight-line distance of 14 km and 362 m.