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Strephi: Galaravouni

PKC399
TITLEStrephi: Galaravouni
WGS84 37.06576° N, 21.873825° E
Accuracy 50 m.

LAT/LON 37.06576, 21.873825
LON/LAT 21.873825, 37.06576

DMS 37° 3' 56.736" N,21° 52' 25.77" E

W3Wposting, sifting, nuisance
UTM34 S, 577683, 4102524
EGSA87 310823, 4103994

Elevation m227
Elevation feet 744.8
RegionMessenia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 557    ' ... ein eingestürztes Tholosgrab, ... '
2.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 126    'At the southeast edge of the knoll are clear traces of the dromos of a tholos tomb, ...'
3.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 157    '...a very low hillock in whose SE edge is a collapsed tholos tomb.'
4.    Tholos.   Messenia III, 156    'At the SE edge of the knoll are clear traces of the dromos of a tholos tomb. The diameter of the collapsed chamber should be about 8 m.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 557, ' ... konnten in die mittelhelladische Periode und in SH III(A) datiert werden; ... '

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 157, 'EH and LH sherds ... were found on the NW part of the hillock, c. 100 m. from the tomb, ...'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 126, ?? Simpson does not give a date for the part of the mound which is the tholos but notices LH III pottery nearby.

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 557, ' ... konnten in die mittelhelladische Periode und in SH III(A) datiert werden; ... '

NOTES

1.  Position based on directions in Zavadil [2012] 557 at the words 'Das Grab, welches nur etwa 500 m (Luftlinie) ... '

2.   also 'Garalavouni'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  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., '76F. Charalavouni (Strephi)', pg. 156. Online here.

2.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 105 Strephi: Garalavouni', pg. 126. 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 115 Strephi: Garalavouni', pg. 157. 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., 'STREPHI/GALAROVOUNI (AUCH: GARALOVOUNI, CHARALAVOUNI) (EP. MESSINIS)', pg. 557. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C399 is at 36.98895° N, 21.93827° E, a straight-line distance of 10 km and 291 m.