Site details

Kaplani: Vigla. Tholos 1

PK	C283
TITLE	Kaplani: Vigla. Tholos 1
WGS84	36.841218° N, 21.859265° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.841218, 21.859265
LON/LAT	21.859265, 36.841218

DMS

36° 50' 28.3848" N

21° 51' 33.354" E

W3W	acquisition, seatbelt, contradictions
UTM	34 S, 576614, 4077603
EGSA87	308968, 4079109

Elevation m	319
Elevation feet	1046.6
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 183    '...two tholos tombs.'
2.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 413    ' ..., wurden 1992 am Grundbesitz von E. Kalomallos zwei ungefähr gleich große Tholosgräber gefunden.
3.    Tomb.   AR[1996], 48    'A very small distance SE of it was located a second tholos of about the same dimensions, ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    AR[1996]: 48, ' ... perhaps the Myc settlement to which the cemetery belonged was located nearby.'

2. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 414, 'Datierung: X. Arapogianni nahm an, daß die Tholos ab SH IIA in Verwendung war.'
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 184, 'LHIIA, but the finds have not yet been studied.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[1996]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (43) 1996., 'MESSENIA; Kaplani', pg. 48. Online here.

2. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '42: Kaplani', pg. 183. Good photographs here.
Online here.

3. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'KAPLANI/VIGLA (EP. PYLIAS)', pg. 413. Online here.