Tourkokivouro (Mesopotamos)(B)
| PK | C360 |
| TITLE | Tourkokivouro (Mesopotamos)(B) |
| WGS84 | 36.986252° N, 21.822273° E |
| Accuracy | 50 m. |
| LAT/LON | 36.986252, 21.822273 |
| LON/LAT | 21.822273, 36.986252 |
| DMS | 36° 59' 10.5072" N | , | 21° 49' 20.1828" E |
| W3W | raring, lovable, pines |
| UTM | 34 S, 573176, 4093663 |
| EGSA87 | 306037, 4095276 |
| Elevation m | 344 |
| Elevation feet | 1128.6 |
| Region | Messenia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos
TYPE
1. Mound. Simpson [2014], 22 'HAB, CEM; 1.0 ha; mound; "village"'2. Tholos. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 137 'A tholos tomb at Tourkokivouro c. 700 m. NNW, on the N side of the Pylos-Kalamata road may be point of origin of some LH material...'
3. Tholos. Boyd [2001], 212 'Unexcavated tholos tomb.'
4. Tholos. Simpson [1981], 120 'A tholos tomb at Tourkokivouro about 700 m. to north-northwest, on the north side of the Pylos-Kalamata road..'
5. Tholos. Zavadil [2012], 495 Z. transitions between "Hugel" and "Tholos"
6. Tholos. Messenia I, 245 'Tholos or mound'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 120, 'A tholos tomb at Tourkokivouro about 700 m. to north-northwest, on the north side of the Pylos-Kalamata road, may be the point of origin of some Mycenaean objects, including a bronze cauldron, in the Kalamata museum.'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 137, '...may be point of origin of some LH material (including a bronze cauldron) in the Kalamata museum.'
2. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. Simpson [2014]: 22, 'LH IIIA2-B'
b. Simpson [1981]: 120, 'LH IIIA2-B H'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 136, 'LH IIIA2-B H'
3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [2014]: 22, 'LH IIIA2-B'
b. Simpson [1981]: 120, 'LH IIIA2-B H'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 136, 'LH IIIA2-B H'
NOTES
1. According to Zavadil [2012] 495, fn. 2, this mound could no longer be seen in 1994: 'Eine Begehung des Gebietes im April 1994 verlief erfolglos.'
2. This is Tourkokivouro which M&S include under "Mesopotamos: Velevouni" C366,"See accompanying note for C366.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, 'Mesopotamos Tourkokivouro, Messinia.', pg. 212.
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., '69. Tourkokivouro (Mesopotamos)', pg. 245.
Online here.
3. Simpson [2014]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos. Philadelphia:Instap Academic Press, 2014. , '69 Mesopotamos: Velevouni', pg. 22.
Simpson includes Tourkokivouro under this heading.
4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 37 Mesopotamos: Velevouni', pg. 120.
Simpson includes Tourkokivouro under this paragraph.
Online here.
5. 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 27 Mesopotamos: Velevouni', pg. 136.
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., 'MESOPOTAMOS (VELI)/TOURKOKIVOURO (EP. PYLIAS)', pg. 495.
Z. includes Velevouni and Tourkokivouro.
Online here.