Paleohoria (Palaeochoria/Paliochoria/Paliochorafa) Tholos
| PK | C328 |
| TITLE | Paleohoria (Palaeochoria∕Paliochoria∕Paliochorafa) Tholos |
| WGS84 | 36.964502° N, 21.728618° E |
| Accuracy | Unknown |
| LAT/LON | 36.964502, 21.728618 |
| LON/LAT | 21.728618, 36.964502 |
| DMS | 36° 57' 52.2072" N | , | 21° 43' 43.0248" E |
| W3W | butterfly, mopes, receiving |
| UTM | 34 S, 564860, 4091182 |
| EGSA87 | 297643, 4093057 |
| Elevation m | 164 |
| Elevation feet | 538.1 |
| Region | Messenia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos
TYPE
1. Mound. Messenia III, 150 'In an area called Paliochoria (Paliochorafa?) ... an artificial mound was excavated.'2. Pottery. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 140 ' ..., with pottery that included a kylix, stirrup-jar, and broad-mouthed vessel decorated with a wavy line ... '
3. Tholos. Boyd [2001], 165 'Description: tholos tomb.'
4. Tholos. Zavadil [2012], 483 Marinatos originally thought that it was only a grave circle. Later researchers confirmed it to be a tholos in a poor state of preservation.
5. Tomb. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 140 'An unusual tomb was excavated at Palaiochoria ... It appears to have been a circular enclosure ... with an entrance, covered by a mound, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
a. Boyd [2001]: 166, 'The size and form of the tomb make it architecturally similar to the MHIII-LHI examples at 10:Gouvalári and 13:Kamínia.'
b. Zavadil [2012]: 484, 'M. Boyd wies auf die architektonischen Ähnlichkeiten zwischen dieser Tholos und den kleinen tholosähnlichen Gräbern in Gouvalari und Kaminia hin und zog ein Erbauungsdatum für die Tholos von Palaiochoria an der Wende von MH III zu SH I in Betracht.'
2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
a. Boyd [2001]: 166, 'The size and form of the tomb make it architecturally similar to the MHIII-LHI examples at 10:Gouvalári and 13:Kamínia.'
b. Zavadil [2012]: 484, 'M. Boyd wies auf die architektonischen Ähnlichkeiten zwischen dieser Tholos und den kleinen tholosähnlichen Gräbern in Gouvalari und Kaminia hin und zog ein Erbauungsdatum für die Tholos von Palaiochoria an der Wende von MH III zu SH I in Betracht.'
3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 140, 'LH III(A2-B, C?)'
4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 140, 'LH III(A2-B, C?)'
5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Messenia III: 150, 'Professor Marinatos believes that the pottery is unusually late in the Bronze Age, perhaps LH IIIC, ... '
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 140, ' ... decorated with a wavy line (LH IIIC?), ... '
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '32: Paleohória', pg. 165.
Online here.
2. Messenia III: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Explorations in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1964-1968’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 73, No. 2 (Apr., 1969), pp. 123-177., '65A. Londariti (Stenosia)', pg. 150.
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 36 Koukounara: Palaiochoria', pg. 140.
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., 'Palaiochoria (Koukounara 9)', pg. 483.
Online here.