Kretharetses (Platanos): Mound 1
| PK | C320 |
| TITLE | Kretharetses (Platanos): Mound 1 |
| WGS84 | 37.01067° N, 21.719987° E |
| Accuracy | 50 m. |
| LAT/LON | 37.01067, 21.719987 |
| LON/LAT | 21.719987, 37.01067 |
| DMS | 37° 0' 38.412" N | , | 21° 43' 11.9532" E |
| W3W | clinical, saddens, treacle |
| UTM | 34 S, 564053, 4096298 |
| EGSA87 | 296997, 4098198 |
| Elevation m | 219 |
| Elevation feet | 718.5 |
| Region | Messenia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE mound
TYPE
1. Mound. Boyd [2001], 124 'Description: three MH burial mounds, ...'2. Mound. Messenia I, 241 'Two mounds, ..., are visible not far south of the road between Platanos village and its junction with the Iklaina road.'
3. Tumulus. Ålin [1962], 85 ' ... fand hier 2 Erhöhungen, die vermutlich als Siedlungshügel zu betrachten sind.'
4. Tumulus. Zavadil [2012], 601 'Zwei Tumuli?'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
a. Boyd [2001]: 124, 'Chronology: MH-LH.'
2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Boyd [2001]: 124, 'Chronology: MH-LH.'
b. Messenia I: 241, 'One sherd could be LH coarse ware.'
c. Ålin [1962]: 85, 'Einige Scherben werden als späthelladisch vermutet.'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Kretharetses', pg. 85.
2. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '15: Plátanos', pg. 124.
Online here.
3. 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., '51(1). Kretharetses (Platanos)', pg. 241.
Online here.
4. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Platanos/Kritharetses (Ep. Pylias)', pg. 600.
Online here.