Nichoria: MME Tholos
| PK | C160 |
| TITLE | Nichoria: MME Tholos |
| WGS84 | 37.003534° N, 21.912885° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.003534, 21.912885 |
| LON/LAT | 21.912885, 37.003534 |
| DMS | 37° 0' 12.7224" N | , | 21° 54' 46.386" E |
| W3W | reply, unsubtle, something |
| UTM | 34 S, 581222, 4095654 |
| EGSA87 | 314144, 4097012 |
| Elevation m | 91 |
| Elevation feet | 298.6 |
| Region | Messenia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos
TYPE
1. Cem. Simpson [1981], 125 "'Most of the Mycenaean burials associated with the site are in built tombs, ... ','But chamber tombs, dug into the marl, were found ... '"2. Tholos. Messenia I, 249 'There are at least four tholos tombs and extensive cemeteries from LH and other periods..'
3. Tholos. Pelon [1976], 188
4. Tholos. Zavadil [2012], 418 'Die MME Tholos ist eines der wenigen in jüngerer Zeit ergrabenen und vollständig publizierten Kuppelgräber.'
5. Tholos. McDonald and Wilkie [1992], 231 'Indeed, the MME tholos is clearly the richest and the largest of the known Nichoria tholoi.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Zavadil [2012]: 425, 'Somit bleibt zu erwägen, ob die Tholos zwischen SH IIA und dem frühen SH IIIA2 errichtet worden sein könnte.'
2. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
a. Pelon [1976]: 190, 'Tholos F : HR IIIA 1 (?) - IIIA 2.'
3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Zavadil [2012]: 425, 'Somit bleibt zu erwägen, ob die Tholos zwischen SH IIA und dem frühen SH IIIA2 errichtet worden sein könnte.'
b. Pelon [1976]: 190, 'Tholos F : HR IIIA 1 (?) - IIIA 2.'
c. McDonald and Wilkie [1992]: 246, 'The MME tholos seems to have been constructed near the beginning of LHIIIA2, since the earliest vases from the tomb are of that date ...'
d. Simpson [1981]: 125, 'It was used in LH IIIA2-B, although a hoard of bronzes in a pit has earlier parallels.'
4. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
a. McDonald and Wilkie [1992]: 246, 'It continued in use until the unusually late date of LHIIIB2, when the final burial (or burials) was made.'
NOTE
1. NB: The acronym 'MME' stands for Minnesota Messenia Expedition.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. McDonald and Wilkie [1992]: McDonald, William A. and Nancy C. Wilkie (eds.) . Excavations at Nichoria in Southwest Greece; Volume II: The Bronze Age Occupation. University of Minnesota Press, 1992, '5 The MME Tholos Tomb', pg. 231.
pp. 231-344
2. Messenia I: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Habitation in Southwestern Peloponnese’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jul., 1961), pp. 221-260., '76. Nichoria (Karpophora-Rizomilo)', pg. 248.
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., '13. Nichoria', pg. 188.
Pelon calls this particular tholos: '13F'
Online here.
4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 100 Rizomylo: Nichoria', pg. 125.
Online here.
5. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'MME Tholos', pg. 418.
Online here.