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Peristeria and Kokorakou: South Tholos 1

PK	C309
TITLE	Peristeria and Kokorakou: South Tholos 1
WGS84	37.274635° N, 21.739474° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.274635, 21.739474
LON/LAT	21.739474, 37.274635

DMS

37° 16' 28.686" N

21° 44' 22.1064" E

W3W	addition, circuses, skirting
UTM	34 S, 565559, 4125595
EGSA87	299429, 4127446

Elevation m	94
Elevation feet	308.4
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 167     'Korrés in the latter half of the 1970s ... discovered and excavated south tholos tomb 1, ... ', On p. 168: 'This slight construction was preserved only in its foundation levels ... '
2.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 134    'resembles a tholos, but was built above ground.
3.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 514    'Südtholos 1', ' ... schlecht erhaltenen Grabes - ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 135, ' ..., and the pottery with them appears to be mainly of early LH type ... '

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 172, 'It was therefore likely constructed in the LHI period.'
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 516, 'Die Tholos ist in SH I in einem Areal errichtet worden, ... '

3. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 516, 'Das Grab war bis SH IIB/IIIA1 in Verwendung, als es vermutlich eingestürzt ist.'

4. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 516, 'Das Grab war bis SH IIB/IIIA1 in Verwendung, als es vermutlich eingestürzt ist.'
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 172, 'The burial chamber as excavated seems to be a product of the LHIIB period, ... '

5. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 516, 'Das Grab war bis SH IIB/IIIA1 in Verwendung, als es vermutlich eingestürzt ist.'
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 172, ' ..., with a final deposit of two pots dating to LHIIB or LHIIIA1.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '35: Peristeriá & Kokorákou', pg. 167. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 203 Mirou: Peristeria', pg. 134. 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., 'Südtholos 1', pg. 514. Online here.