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Tourkokivouro (Mesopotamos)(B)

PKC360
TITLETourkokivouro (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

W3Wraring, lovable, pines
UTM34 S, 573176, 4093663
EGSA87 306037, 4095276

Elevation m344
Elevation feet 1128.6
RegionMessenia





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.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C360 is at 36.97122° N, 21.92687° E, a straight-line distance of 9 km and 451 m.