Site details

Polla Dhendhra: Tholos

PK	C334
TITLE	Polla Dhendhra: Tholos
WGS84	36.975914° N, 21.76447° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	36.975914, 21.76447
LON/LAT	21.76447, 36.975914

DMS

36° 58' 33.2904" N

21° 45' 52.092" E

W3W	roams, landscape, pinpoint
UTM	34 S, 568042, 4092473
EGSA87	300865, 4094248

Elevation m	243
Elevation feet	797.2
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Cem.   PAE[1961], 174
2.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 108    'The small tholos tomb of Polla Dhendhra ...', See also p. 110, 111
3.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 140    '...and T.8 at Polla Dendra, lies 1 km. E of Koukounara.'
4.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 482    'Die Tholos, die 100 – 200 m entfernt von Gouvalari279 und ungefähr 1 km östlich von Koukounara liegt, ...'
5.    Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 119    '..Tomb 8, at Polla Dendra, is a kilometre to east of Koukounara.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 112, '...there seems no reason not to believe that Pollá Dhendrá might also be early; only a new study of the finds can answer this question.'

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 112, '...there seems no reason not to believe that Pollá Dhendrá might also be early; only a new study of the finds can answer this question.'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 119, '..tombs 6 and 8 appear to contain only LH III burials.'
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 483, 'Datierung : Die Tholos kann nur anhand Marinatos' dürftiger Angaben in SH III datiert werden.'
    c.    Boyd [2001]: 112, 'The tholos at Pollá Dhéndhra is dated LHIII on the basis of undescribed and unillustrated artefacts by its excavator.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 140, '...only Ts. 6 and 8 seeming completely LH III.'

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    PAE[1961]: 174,

NOTES

1. '..that at Polla Dendra was poorest, containing only skeletons and a few vases.'

2. 'The small tholos tomb Polla Dhendhra is not on Mr Koukis' land. From the large tree, walking approximately in a line perpendicular to the Potami, it is about 100m-200m, located in the ground at a field edge, unmarked and difficult to locate.' Boyd, 313

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1961]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1961., '', pg. 174.

2. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '10: Koukounara Gouvalari', pg. 108. Online here.

3. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: McDonald, William A. and George R. Rapp, Jr.. The Minnesota Messenia Expedition: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Regional Environment. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. 1972, '35 Koukounara: Katarachi..', pg. 270.

4. 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., '65. Katarachi (Koukounara)', pg. 150. Online here.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 29 Koukounara: Kararrachi, Gouvalari etc./2. Livadhiti, Phyties, Akona, and Polla Dendra', pg. 119. Online here.

6. Simpson [2014]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos. Philadelphia:Instap Academic Press, 2014. , '65* Koukounara: Katarrachi & Gouvalari, Akona, Polla Dendra, Livadhiti', pg. 21.

7. 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., 'II. Other tholoi', pg. 140. 'Part of the D 35. Koukounara: Katarrachi section which starts on p. 139.'
Online here.

8. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Polla Dendra (Koukounara 8)', pg. 482. 'Die Tholos, die 100 - 200 m entfernt von Gouvalari und ungefähr 1 km östlich von Koukounara liegt, wurde 1961 entdeckt,'
Online here.