TYPE

1.    Buildings.   Tartaron [2004], 67    ' ... foundations of round structures, foundations of square and rectangular structures, sections of a well-built wall running north-south several meters from the tomb, ... '

2.    Cem.   PAE[1960], 123    

3.    Pottery.   Tartaron [2004], 67    ' ... a scatter of prehistoric pottery on the terrace and the slopes beneath it.'

4.    Settlement.   Tartaron [2004], 67    ' ... and evidence of a possibly walled settlement ... '

5.    Sherds.   Tartaron [2004], 67    ' ... yielded substantial quantities of prehistoric coarseware sherds on the east and west of the tomb, and in olive groves on the slopes just below the terrace.'

6.    Tholos.   Papadopoulos [1981], 7    ' ... eines Tholos-Grabs ... '

7.    Tholos.   Tartaron [2004], 67    'A Mycenaean tholos tomb ... '

8.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 257    'La tholos est situ?e ? environ 3 km ? l'Est de Parga, au lieu-dit Kip?ri,...'

9.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 177    'The small tholos tomb found here is the furthest to the northwest of all Mycenaean tholos tombs, and one of the most remote.'

10.    Tholos.   Kleitsas [2014], 1    'The only tholos tomb of Epirus ... at Kiperi in Parga ... is a direct example of an imported Mycenaean burial custom.'

11.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 300    'A small tholos tomb found here is the furthest to the NW of all such tombs ...'

12.    Tomb.   Syriopoulos [1995], 960    

13.    Tumulus.   Hammond [1967], 313    '...a Mycenaean tholos tomb was discovered in 1937 in a district called Kiperi...'

14.    Walls.   Tartaron [2004], 67    ' The masonry is typical of the cyclopean technique: large, roughly hewn boulders fit together without mortar, and small stones placed in the interstices among them.', ' The Cyclopean wall may therefore enclose the settlement on the terrace, or function as a temenos wall marking the tomb precinct as hallowed ground.'

SITE SIZE

- Tartaron [2004]  p. 67,  Size: 10000 sq. m.  'Estimated area: 1.00 ha (medium)'



PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (2200 BC - 1050 BC)

    a.    Tartaron [2004]: 67 'The wall near the tholos, running north to south across the contours (i.e., up and down the slope) is more easily identifiable as a Bronze Age construction.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)

    a.    Hammond [1967]: 313 '...a Mycenaean tholos tomb...'

3. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 177 'LB LH IIIA1? LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? C H'

    b.    Tartaron [2004]: 67 ' ... some of them (foundations, rhc) likely do belong to a Late Bronze Age settlement, ... '

4. Late Helladic IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)

    a.    PAE[1960]: 123

    b.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 960

    c.    Kleitsas [2014]: 1 'The tomb is dated from the Late Helladic IIIA-B period.'

5. Late Helladic IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 177 'LB LH IIIA1? LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? C H'

    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 300 'LHIIIA1?'

    c.    Papadopoulos [1981]: 23 ' ... eine SH III A1 (oder auch fr?here) Datierung f?r den Grabbau annehmen.'

    d.    Papadopoulos [1981]: 12 Many examples. See catalogue on pp. 12 - 22.

6. Late Helladic IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 177 'LB LH IIIA1? LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? C H'

    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 300 'LHIIIA2-B', 'The LH sherds ... certainly include LH IIIA2-B types ...'

    c.    Papadopoulos [1981]: 14 Pg. 14, examples 14, 15, pg. 16, examp. 17.

7. Late Helladic IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 177 'LB LH IIIA1? LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? C H'

    b.    Pelon [1976]: 257 '...peut ?tre dat?e de l'HR IIIB.'

    c.    PAE[1960]: 123

    d.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 960

    e.    Kleitsas [2014]: 1 'The tomb is dated from the Late Helladic IIIA-B period.'

    f.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 300 'LHIIIA2-B', 'The LH sherds ... certainly include LH IIIA2-B types ...'

    g.    Hammond [1967]: 313 '...and sherds of Mycenaean III B ware were found.'

    h.    Papadopoulos [1981]: 24 ' ... wohl bis zum Ende von SH III B, benutzt worden ist.'

    i.    Papadopoulos [1981]: 16 Pg. 16, example 17.

8. Iron Age: (1200 BC - 535 BC)

    a.    Tartaron [2004]: 67 ' ... two sherds of Orange- red ware that suggest that the settlement persisted into the Iron Age.'

9. Late Helladic IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 177 'LB LH IIIA1? LH IIIA2-B LH IIIC? C H'

    b.    PAE[1960]: 123

    c.    Syriopoulos [1995]: 960

    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 300 'LHIIIC?'