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Routsi: Tholos2

PK	C323
TITLE	Routsi: Tholos2
WGS84	37.030513° N, 21.73742° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.030513, 21.73742
LON/LAT	21.73742, 37.030513

DMS

37° 1' 49.8468" N

21° 44' 14.712" E

W3W	sidebar, relied, holidays
UTM	34 S, 565587, 4098511
EGSA87	298601, 4100363

Elevation m	336
Elevation feet	1102.4
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 85    'Marinatos grub hier 1956 - 57 2 Tholoi aus.'
2.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 153    'two tholos tombs and three burial mounds'
3.    Tholos.   Messenia I, 240    'Two tholos tombs were excavated here by Marinatos. One was refilled; the second is open and partially restored'
4.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 199    'L'état de la tombe 2 est bien plus mediocre: ...'
5.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 526    'Tholos 2'
6.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 116    ' ... two tholos tombs were excavated on a broad ridge ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 156, 'Both tholos tombs were built in LHI at the latest, and may possibly have been built as early as MHIII.'

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 116, 'The two tholos tombs contained pottery ranging from LH IIA to LH IIIA1, and possibly also including LH I.'
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 529, 'Auch für Tholos 2 ist ein Errichtungsdatum in SH I anzunehmen,...'
    c.    Pelon [1976]: 200, 'HR I-IIA pour la fosse II...'
    d.    Boyd [2001]: 156, 'Both tholos tombs were built in LHI at the latest, and may possibly have been built as early as MHIII.'

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Ålin [1962]: 85, ' ... und sind in SH II - IIIA zu datieren.'

4. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 240, 'Outside dates assigned to the rich contents are LH II A to LH III A:1 (1500-1420).'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 116, 'The two tholos tombs contained pottery ranging from LH IIA to LH IIIA1, and possibly also including LH I.'
    c.    Zavadil [2012]: 529, 'In SH IIA, Grube 2 war seiner Meinung nach noch in Verwendung, hätte man Grube 1 und die beiden Rinnen gegraben.'
    d.    Pelon [1976]: 200, 'HR I-IIA pour la fosse II...'

5. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 240, 'Outside dates assigned to the rich contents are LH II A to LH III A:1 (1500-1420).'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 116, 'The two tholos tombs contained pottery ranging from LH IIA to LH IIIA1, and possibly also including LH I.'
    c.    Zavadil [2012]: 529, 'In einem fortgeschrittenen Stadium von SH II seien die beiden Rinnen verfüllt...'

6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 156, 'Both tombs seem to have continued to be used until LHIIIA,...'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 85, ' ... und sind in SH II - IIIA zu datieren.'

7. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 240, 'Outside dates assigned to the rich contents are LH II A to LH III A:1 (1500-1420).'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 116, 'The two tholos tombs contained pottery ranging from LH IIA to LH IIIA1, and possibly also including LH I.'
    c.    Zavadil [2012]: 529, 'Während der gesamten Benützungszeit der Tholos - bis in SH IIIA1...'
    d.    Pelon [1976]: 200, '... pour la dernière sépulture, sur le sol de la chambre.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Routsi', pg. 85.

2. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '27: Routsi', pg. 153. 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., '48. Routsi (Myrsinochori)', pg. 240. Online here.

4. 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., '17. Routsi', pg. 198. Online here.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 13 Myrsinochori: Routsi', pg. 116. Online here.

6. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Myrsinochori/Routsi (Ep. Pylias)', pg. 524. Online here.