Marmariani: LH Tholos
| PK | C1929 |
| TITLE | Marmariani: LH Tholos |
| WGS84 | 39.714226° N, 22.586583° E |
| Accuracy | 50 m. |
| LAT/LON | 39.714226, 22.586583 |
| LON/LAT | 22.586583, 39.714226 |
| DMS | 39° 42' 51.2136" N | , | 22° 35' 11.6988" E |
| W3W | halfhearted, shale, cape |
| UTM | 34 S, 635996.35, 4397243.18 |
| EGSA87 | 378698, 4396708 |
| Elevation m | 105 |
| Elevation feet | 344.5 |
| Region | Pelasgiotis |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos
TYPE
1. Cem. Heurtley and Skeat [1930], 3 'The site of the Mycenaean tomb, which Prof. Tsountas informs us was not far from the western edge of the mound, may perhaps be recognised in the heap of stone surrounding the northern of the two small trees standing on the mound; ... '2. Tholos. Simpson [1981], 167 'A tholos tomb ... on the west edge..', 'Mycenaean sherds (mainly LH IIIA-B, but including some probably LH IIIC) are plentiful on the lower terraces, especially the southeast.'
3. Tholos. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 283 'A tholos tomb (d. not over 6 m.) on the W edge of the mound contained LH III(A2-B) pottery; ...'
4. Tholos. Simpson [1981], 167 'A tholos tomb (of diameter not over 6 m.) on the west edge of the mound contained LH III(A2-B) pottery.'
5. Tholos. Heurtley and Skeat [1930], 1
6. Tholos. Pelon [1976], 252 'Tsountas a fouillé en 1899 près de Marmariani, au milieu d'un groupe de tombes à tholos d'époque protogéometrique, une tholos mycénienne dont l'emplacement exact n'a pas été retrouvé par Heurtley et Skeat en 1931.'
7. Tholos. Wace and Thompson [1912], 53
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Pelon [1976]: 252, ' ..., une tholos mycénienne ... '
2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Wace and Thompson [1912]: 54, 'One of them belongs to the Third Late Minoan Period (cf. the tomb at Rakhmani), ... ' For Rachmani: C1260.
3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 283, 'A tholos tomb (d. not over 6 m.) on the W edge of the mound contained LH III(A2-B) pottery; ...'
b. Simpson [1981]: 167, '... contained LH III(A2-B) pottery.'
4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 283, 'A tholos tomb (d. not over 6 m.) on the W edge of the mound contained LH III(A2-B) pottery; ...'
b. Simpson [1981]: 167, '... contained LH III(A2-B) pottery.'
NOTES
1. Pelon [1976] 252 stresses that the exact position of the tholos was not made clear either by Tsountas or by Heurtley and Skeat.
2. In 1896 Leonardos uncovered two (PG or G) tholos tombs on the Marmariani mound. Leonardos recommended further excavaton at the site and this was carried out in 1898 by Tsountas. He opened four additional of the PG/G tombs and discovered and cleared a collapsed tholos tomb on the W of the mound which he assigned to the Mycenaean based on the accompanying sherds. Later, in 1930, the whole mound was further investigated and described by Heurtley and Skeat. By that time the exact location of the Mycenaean tomb was lost nor was it discoverable by them. What is known of the Mycenaean tomb is addressed here as C1929; the other, later, tholoi in C1292.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. 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., '42. Marmariani', pg. 252.
Online here.
2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'H 27 Marmariani', pg. 167.
Online here.
3. 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., 'H 27 Marmariani', pg. 283.
Online here.
4. Wace and Thompson [1912]: Wace, Alan John Bayard and Maurice Scott Thompson. Prehistoric Thessaly; Being Some Account of Recent Excavations and Explorations in North-Eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the Borders of Macedonia. . Cambridge at the University Press, 1912., 'B. Marmariani.', pg. 53.
Online here.