PKey Report
PKC1699
TITLERodia: Tholos B
WGS84 38.08294° N, 21.828331° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 38.08294, 21.828331
LON/LAT 21.828331, 38.08294

DMS 38° 4' 58.584" N,21° 49' 41.9916" E

W3Wreorder, latest, obliging
UTM34 S, 572644, 4215341
EGSA87 309387, 4216957

Elevation m575
Elevation feet 1886.5
RegionAchaea







GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 222    'Les deux tholoi ...'

2.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 92    At Bouga, to the north, two tholos tombs were discovered, both plundered.

3.    Tholos.   Åström [1965], 103    'Two tholos tombs were excavated by Zapheiropoulos at the locality Rodia (Bouga) in 1956 and 1957.', 'Tholos B ... was also plundered but a group of precious objects were found outside the tomb, perhaps gathered there by looters and forgotten.'

4.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 65    'In der Nähe, bei Rodia, grub Zaphiropoulos 1956-57 2 Tholosgräber aus.'

5.    Tholos.   Papadopoulos [1979], 31    ... two tholos tombs, ...

6.    Tholos.   Giannopoulos [2008], 42    'Das größere Tholosgrab B, ..., ist O-W orientiert.'



PERIOD (High Chronology)

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

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 92, 'The pottery has been dated LH IIIB, but both the pottery and the goods are more likely to be LH IIIA.'

    b.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 31, 'LHIIIA(-B?)'

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

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 92, 'Parallels for the goods go back to LH IIIA1 (and even earlier for the inlaid dagger).'

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

    a.    Pelon [1976]: 223, 'La tholos B est datée de l'HR IIIB par des tessons trouvés entre le mur de soutènement du tumulus et la tholos.'

    b.    Ålin [1962]: 65, 'Das grössere konnte durch einige Scherben in IIIB datiert werden, ...'

    c.    Simpson [1981]: 92, 'The pottery has been dated LH IIIB, ...'

    d.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 31, 'LHIIIA(-B?)'

    e.    Åström [1965]: 103, 'The sherds perhaps indicate a Mycenaean III B date.'


NOTE

1.  For photographs and a short description: http://www.emmach.gr/katalogos-theseon/katarraktis-rodia

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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., 'Katarraktis', pg. 65.

2.  Åström [1965]:  Åström, Paul. ‘Mycenaean Pottery from the Region of Aigion, with a List of Prehistoric Sites in Achaia’, Opuscula Atheniensia, V, pp. 89-110, C.W.K. Gleerup, Lund, 1965., 'Katarraktis', pg. 103.

3.  Giannopoulos [2008]:  Giannopoulos, T.. Die Letzte Elite der mykenischen Welt: Achaia in mykenischer Zeit und das Phänomen der Kriegerbestattungen im 12.-11. Jahrhundert v. Chr.. Bonn: Habelt. 2008., 'Katarraktis (Karela, Rodia [Bouga], Agios Athanasios, Drakotrypa, Pyrgaki)', pg. 41.

4.  Papadopoulos [1979]:  Papadopoulos, Thanasis J.. Mycenaean Achaea; Part 1: Text. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden. 1979. Vol 1., '34. Ayios Athanasios', pg. 30.

5.  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., '29. Katarraktis.', pg. 222. Online here.

6.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 42 Rodhia: Ayios Athanasios', pg. 92. Online here.