Site details

Mycenae: Panagia Tholos

PK	C1585
TITLE	Mycenae: Panagia Tholos
WGS84	37.727676° N, 22.752348° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.727676, 22.752348
LON/LAT	22.752348, 37.727676

DMS

37° 43' 39.6336" N

22° 45' 8.4528" E

W3W	ghostly, repack, bulbs
UTM	34 S, 654425, 4177046
EGSA87	389904, 4176046

Elevation m	201
Elevation feet	659.4
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Wace et al. [1923], 316    'In 1922 we cleared the dromos and tholos of the earth that had fallen in since Tsountas' excavation, ... '
2.    Tomb.   Pelon [1976], 162    'La Tombe de Panagia, ainsi dénommée par Wace à cause d'une chapelle voisine, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 163, 'Selon Wace, la tombe ne peut être postérieure à l'HR II.'
    b.    Wace et al. [1923]: 316, ' ...; but there were a fair number of L.H. II sherds, and this might be taken as a hint that the tomb should not be dated later than this period, but in default of any other evidence no reliance should be placed upon it.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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., '1D. La Tombe de Panagia', pg. 162. Online here.

2. Wace et al. [1923]: Wace, A.J.B., and W.A. Heurtley, Winifred Lamb, Leicester B. Holland, C.A. Boethius. ‘The Report of the School Excavations at Mycenae, 1921-1923 [corrected title: The Report of the School Excavations at Mycenae, 1920-1923]’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (25) 1 - 434. (1921/1922 - 1922/1923), 'A. The Panagia Tomb ... .', pg. 316. Online here.