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Petrochori: Voidhokoilia

PK	C239
TITLE	Petrochori: Voidhokoilia
WGS84	36.965426° N, 21.660249° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.965426, 21.660249
LON/LAT	21.660249, 36.965426

DMS

36° 57' 55.5336" N

21° 39' 36.8964" E

W3W	algebra, atrium, herb
UTM	34 S, 558773, 4091241
EGSA87	291558, 4093307

Elevation m	16
Elevation feet	52.5
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Messenia I, 243    The finds included 'two small late Mycenaean vases.'
2.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 132    'A small tholos tomb ... has been found here, ... '
3.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 587    ' ... ein Tumulus ... ', 'In das Zentrum dieses Tumulus wurde am Beginn der mykenischen Epoche eine Tholos gebaut ... '
4.    Tholos.   Messenia I, 243    'A tholos tomb was excavated by Marinatos on a rather striking site...'
5.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 86    ' ..., grub Marinatos 1956 ein Tholosgrab mit 5 m Diam. aus.'
6.    Tholos.   BCH [1957], 558    ' ... tombes à tholos ... '
7.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 201    'La tholos, isolée, est placée au sommet du promontoire fermant au Nord-Ouest la baie de Voïdokilia ou rade de Pylos.'
8.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 126    'an LHI tholos tomb set within an earlier MH burial mound, itself set on the remains of an EHII settlement site (successor to a neolithic site).'
9.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 117    'A small tholos tomb, on the north side of Voidhokoilia bay, was apparently built above ground, founded on rock.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. EH II: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 126, 'The entire area was taken up with an EHII (and neolithic) settlement ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 86, ? ' ... enthielt 2 Bestattungen, 2 kleine spätmykenische Vasen, ... '

3. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 594, 'Die Tholos wurde in SH I errichtet und war auch in SH II in Gebrauch.'
    b.    Pelon [1976]: 201, 'l'apparenterait plutôt aux autres tholoi messéniennes du début de l'HR.'
    c.    Boyd [2001]: 129, 'The LHI pottery does, however, suggest its construction in LHI, ... '

4. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 594, 'Die Tholos wurde in SH I errichtet und war auch in SH II in Gebrauch.'

5. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 117, 'LH (IIB-IIIA)?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 131, 'LH (IIB - IIIA?)'

6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 243, ? '..two small late Mycenaean vases.'
    b.    BCH [1957]: 558, ? ' ..., deux petits vases de la fin du mycénien ... '

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 117, 'LH (IIB-IIIA)?'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 131, 'LH (IIB - IIIA?)'

8. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 594, '...allerdings sprechen einige Keramikfunde für eine (neuerliche?) Verwendung in SH IIIB.'

NOTE

1. The BCH [1957] 558 reports the contents as 'arrow heads in stone, an amethyst necklace and one of cornelian, four gold leaves decorated with spirals, a rosette and a part of a gold necklace, two small vases from the late mycenaean ... ' (RHC translation).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1957]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 81, 1957., 'Environs de Pylos.', pg. 558. Online here.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Voidhokilia', pg. 86.

3. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '17: Voïdhokiliá', pg. 126. Online here.

4. 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., '60. Voidhokoilia (ancient Bouphras)', pg. 243. Online here.

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., '19. Voïdokilia', pg. 201. Online here.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 21 Petrochori: Voidhokoilia', pg. 117. Online here.

7. 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 8 Petrochori: Voidhokoilia', pg. 131. Online here.

8. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'VOÏDOKOILIA (EP. PYLIAS)', pg. 587. Online here.