Site details

Volimidhia: Koronios

PK	C1713
TITLE	Volimidhia: Koronios
WGS84	37.060277° N, 21.725432° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.060277, 21.725432
LON/LAT	21.725432, 37.060277

DMS

37° 3' 36.9972" N

21° 43' 31.5552" E

W3W	containment, crosses, oldie
UTM	34 S, 564496, 4101805
EGSA87	297613, 4103691

Elevation m	322
Elevation feet	1056.4
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Chamber Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Boyd [2001], 141    This is a group of several chamber tombs: Koroníou 1 - 6.
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Zavadil [2012], 308    ' ... eine ausgedehnte Kammergrabnekropole.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 350, Tombs 1, 3, 5, 6
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 144, LH I in Koroníou 1, 3, 6.

2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 350, Tombs 2(?) and 3
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 144, LH II in Koroníou 3.

3. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 144, LH IIA in Koroníou 3.

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 144, LH III in Koroníou 2, 3.

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 350, Tombs 2 and 3

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 350, Tombs 2 and 3

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '23: Volimídhia', pg. 138. Online here.

2. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Chora/Volimidia (Ep. Triphylias)', pg. 308. Online here.