Ano Kopanaki: Akourthi(A)
| PK | C165 |
| TITLE | Ano Kopanaki: Akourthi(A) |
| WGS84 | 37.288926° N, 21.801233° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.288926, 21.801233 |
| LON/LAT | 21.801233, 37.288926 |
| DMS | 37° 17' 20.1336" N | , | 21° 48' 4.4388" E |
| W3W | galas, monologues, weasels |
| UTM | 34 S, 571021, 4127226 |
| EGSA87 | 304943, 4128903 |
| Elevation m | 191 |
| Elevation feet | 626.6 |
| Region | Messenia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos
TYPE
1. Mound. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 177 'The easternmost (A) was only partially examined. Remains of a wall and MH and LH III pottery were found on its surface.'2. Sherds. Simpson [1981], 137 'Remains of a wall and MH and LH III sherds were found on its surface.'
3. Tholos. Ålin [1962], 79 ' ... Tholosgräber ... '
4. Tholos. Boyd [2001], 176 'Mound A, with a covered hole in the top, is 40m further east, ... '
5. Tholos. Zavadil [2012], 261 'Drei Tholosgräber (A, B, C) entdeckte N. Valmin im Sommer 1927 ... '
6. Tholos. Messenia I, 233 'Three tholos tombs lie close together immediately south of the railroad line at a point ca. 2 km. west of Kopanaki village center.'
7. Tholos. Simpson [1981], 135 'The mounds of three tholos tombs are conspicuous in the flat land of the valley bottom ... The easternmost (A) is about 200 m. south of the (railway, rhc) line.'
8. Tholos. Pelon [1976], 212 'La tholos fouillée fait partie d'un groupe de trois tholoi sous tumulus, ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 135, 'Remains of a wall and MH and LH III sherds were found on its surface.'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 177, 'Remains of a wall and MH and LH III pottery were found on its surface.'
2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Zavadil [2012]: 263, Attributed to Valmin, BullLund 1927/28, 202.
b. Pelon [1976]: 213, 'La tombe peut être datée de la fin de l'HR II par la céramique la plus ancienne trouvée dans la banquette.'
3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 135, 'Remains of a wall and MH and LH III sherds were found on its surface.'
b. Zavadil [2012]: 263, Attributed to Valmin, BullLund 1927/28, 202.
c. Pelon [1976]: 213, 'L'utilisation de la tombe a continué, semble-t-il, à l'HR III.'
d. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 177, 'Remains of a wall and MH and LH III pottery were found on its surface.'
e. Ålin [1962]: 79, ' ... ergab nur grobe Ware und Scherben aus SH III.'
4. Unknown: (0 BC - 0 BC)
a. Boyd [2001]: 176, 'Of the other two mounds, no information is available.' This includes Mound A.
NOTES
1. For a discussion of the position of this tholos see the blog post here.
2. Ålin [1962] 79, 'Akourthi' is referring here to the tholos used as a quarry. Compare Zavadil, [2012] 261 'Die Ausgrabung von Tholos A, welche als Steinbruch verwendet worden war, ... '
3. Communication by a correspondent on 10/6/16. He says: "Tholos A" is east of the corrugated steel shed that I commented on before. A wire fence bisects the tumulus which is about 4 m high (approx). The tumulus has a 1m diameter hole in the top which goes down approx 1 m. In the earth in the hole one can see the stones that make up the domed roof but no other real structure. There is no cavity or other indication the tholos is intact. There is a "excavation" that might have been the dromos which points NE. Large stones scattered around."
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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., 'Akourthi', pg. 79.
2. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '36: Kopanáki', pg. 175.
Online here.
3. 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., '23. Akourthi (Kopanaki)', pg. 233.
Online here.
4. 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., '25. Kopanaki', pg. 212.
Online here.
5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 206 Ano Kopanaki: Akourthi', pg. 135.
Online here.
6. 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 234 Ano Kopanaki: Akourthi', pg. 177.
'Also applies to C166 and C167.'
Online here.
7. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Tholos A, Tholos C', pg. 261.
Online here.