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Kretharetses (Platanos): Mound 2

PK	C321
TITLE	Kretharetses (Platanos): Mound 2
WGS84	37.009737° N, 21.715232° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.009737, 21.715232
LON/LAT	21.715232, 37.009737

DMS

37° 0' 35.0532" N

21° 42' 54.8352" E

W3W	foolishly, bunnies, peculiar
UTM	34 S, 563631, 4096192
EGSA87	296572, 4098105

Elevation m	202
Elevation feet	662.7
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE mound

TYPE

1.    Mound.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 143    'The second (mound, rhc) is c. 22 m. in diameter and 4 m. high.'
2.    Mound.   Boyd [2001], 124     ' ..., while their number 2 is said to be 22m in diameter and 4m high. Both are said to be burial mounds, while Korrés' mound could be either a burial mound or a collapsed tholos tomb.'
3.    Mound.   Messenia I, 241    'Two mounds, ..., are visible not far south of the road between Platanos village and its junction with the Iklaina road.'
4.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 144    ' ... and fragments of pithoi are visible in its sides and coarse ware ... '
5.    Tumulus.   Zavadil [2012], 601    'Zwei Tumuli?'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 124, 'Chronology: MH-LH.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 144, 'It seems likely that these are MH multiple burial mounds ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 124, 'Chronology: MH-LH.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 144, ' ..., although LH may also be present ... '

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 241, 'We also found bases of jars in soft pink fabric, possibly LH III.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. 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.

2. 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(2). Kretharetses (Platanos)', pg. 241. Online here.

3. 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 48 Platanos: Kritharites', pg. 143. 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.