Ano Kopanaki: Akourthi(B)
| PK | C166 |
| TITLE | Ano Kopanaki: Akourthi(B) |
| WGS84 | 37.289048° N, 21.800647° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 37.289048, 21.800647 |
| LON/LAT | 21.800647, 37.289048 |
| DMS | 37° 17' 20.5728" N | , | 21° 48' 2.3292" E |
| W3W | beak, intersection, jock |
| UTM | 34 S, 570968, 4127239 |
| EGSA87 | 304891, 4128918 |
| Elevation m | 190 |
| Elevation feet | 623.4 |
| Region | Messenia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos
TYPE
1. Tholos. Ålin [1962], 79 ' ... 4 Tholosgräber feststellen ... '2. Tholos. Boyd [2001], 175 'Description: three tholos tombs.'
3. Tholos. Zavadil [2012], 261 'Drei Tholosgräber (A, B, C) entdeckte N. Valmin im Sommer 1927 ... '
4. Tomb. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 177 'The westernmost tomb (B), which is c. 40 m. W of Tomb A, was fully excavated. It was small (d. 5.35 m.) and had been robbed; ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Boyd [2001]: 176, 'The motifs illustrated on fragments of pottery ... seem to be LHII, ... '
b. Ålin [1962]: 79, 'Hier fanden sich auch Scherben aus SH II ... '
2. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
a. Boyd [2001]: 176, 'The motifs illustrated on fragments of pottery ... seem to be LHII, perhaps LHIIA, ... '
3. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Zavadil [2012]: 261, ..eine Verwendung des Grabes in der Keramikphase SH IIB belegen.
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 177, '...surviving finds included pottery, some as early as LH IIB, ...'
4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Ålin [1962]: 70, ' ... und aus dem Anfang von SH III.'
5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 177, '...and a bronze fibula of violin-bow type that is unlikely to be earlier than LH IIIB.'
NOTES
1. For a discussion of the position of this tholos see this blog post: http://squinchpix.blogspot.com/2016/10/tholos-tomb-b-at-kopanaki-c166.html?view=magazine
2. Definitively located by Pete on 10/4/16 and communicated by e-mail and Google Earth photo. He says "Tholos A (he means tholos 'B') is very overgrown with oak trees (Prinnus oak and normal oak) The edge of the mound is next to the track and quickly ascends for a few meters. The tumulus hill slopes down slightly towards the north and the dromos is roughly north or NNW facing. The centre of the tumulus is completely dug out and has grassed over in the years since. I presume this is the tholos excavated by Valmin No rocks from the internal tholos wall itself can be seen and I suspect some have been used elsewhere. Just grass lines the (earth) wall. A few rocks lie close by, The overall effect is a banked up "earth corral" about 5 m in diameter. Rubbish and soil have been dumped nearby." C1723,"This is an approx. for Kollinos (which is identified by some with Tithyneion). See note for C1723.
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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 Kopanaki', pg. 175.
Online here.
3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 206 Ano Kopanaki: Akourthi', pg. 135.
Online here.
4. 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.
Applies also to C165 and C167
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., 'Tholos B', pg. 261.
Online here.