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Koukounara Akones: Tholos 2

PK	C232
TITLE	Koukounara Akones: Tholos 2
WGS84	36.977148° N, 21.757819° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.977148, 21.757819
LON/LAT	21.757819, 36.977148

DMS

36° 58' 37.7328" N

21° 45' 28.1484" E

W3W	indeed, disconnect, sect
UTM	34 S, 567448, 4092606
EGSA87	300276, 4094399

Elevation m	235
Elevation feet	771
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   PAE[1963], 116
2.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 119    'All of the tombs are in the general vicinity of the centre at Katarrachi-Gouvalari, which appears to have been the 'capital' of the district; and their number and size indicate a considerable population here.'
3.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 114    ' ...; 15m distant the dromos of tomb 2 runs south to the chamber of the tomb.'
4.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 140    'Ts. 6-7, at Akona', '...a variety of goods, including weapons, comes from the Akona tombs;...'
5.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 481    '...ein zweites, besser erhaltenes Tholosgrab, ...'
6.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 119    Tombs 6-7, at Akona, ..

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 119, Most of these tholoi were in use in early LH..

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 140, '...most are reported to have some evidence of use in early LH, ...'

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 114, 'Finds in tholos 2 date from LHII to LHIII.'
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 482, 'Nach Marinatos war die Tholos von SH II bis SH IIIA/B in Verwendung.'

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 114, 'Finds in tholos 2 date from LHII to LHIII'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    PAE[1963]: 116,
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 482, 'Nach Marinatos war die Tholos von SH II bis SH IIIA/B in Verwendung.'

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    PAE[1963]: 116,
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 482, 'Nach Marinatos war die Tholos von SH II bis SH IIIA/B in Verwendung.'

7. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    PAE[1963]: 116,

8. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    PAE[1963]: 116,

9. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    PAE[1963]: 116,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1963]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1963., '', pg. 116.

2. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '11: Koukounára Akónes', pg. 113. Online here.

3. Messenia III: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Explorations in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1964-1968’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 73, No. 2 (Apr., 1969), pp. 123-177., '65. Katarachi (Koukounara)', pg. 150. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 29 Koukounara: Katarrachi, Gouvalari etc', pg. 119. Online here.

5. 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., 'II. Other Tholoi', pg. 140. Online here.

6. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Akona 2 (Koukounara 7)', pg. 481. Online here.