Neromilos: Viglitsa
| PK | C214 |
| TITLE | Neromilos: Viglitsa |
| WGS84 | 37.004962° N, 21.865453° E |
| Accuracy | 50 m. |
| LAT/LON | 37.004962, 21.865453 |
| LON/LAT | 21.865453, 37.004962 |
| DMS | 37° 0' 17.8632" N | , | 21° 51' 55.6308" E |
| W3W | constructing, polkas, restricts |
| UTM | 34 S, 577000, 4095773 |
| EGSA87 | 309927, 4097265 |
| Elevation m | 233 |
| Elevation feet | 764.4 |
| Region | Messenia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos
TYPE
1. Mound. Messenia I, 246 'A tholos tomb located ca. 50 m. east of and slightly below the Kalamata-Pylos highway ca. 1 1/2 km. west of Neromilo village...'2. Mound. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 153 'It almost certainly conceals a LH tholos tomb (and there are indications of a probable dromos facing W).'
3. Mound. Simpson [1981], 126 '..almost certainly concealing a Mycenaean tholos tomb ...'
4. Tholos. Messenia I, 246 'A tholos tomb located ca. 50 m. east of and slightly below the Kalamata-Pylos highway ca. 1 1/2 km. west of Neromilo village...'
5. Tholos. Zavadil [2012], 600 'Tholos?'
6. Tholos. Boyd [2001], 214 'Tholos mound 33m in diameter and 5m high.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 126, 'LH A', '...almost certainly concealing a Mycenaean tholos tomb ..'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 153, 'LH A'
2. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 126, 'LH A'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 153, 'LH A'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, 'Nerómilos Viglítsa.', pg. 214.
Boyd reports what Simpson and McDonald report in Messenia I and then says 'I sought this mound in 1994 and could not locate it.'
Online here.
2. 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., '71. Viglitsa (Neromilo)', pg. 246.
Online here.
3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 103 Neromilos: Viglitsa', pg. 126.
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 101 Neromilos: Viglitsa', pg. 153.
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., 'NEROMYLOS/VIGLITSA (EP. PYLIAS)', pg. 600.
Online here.