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Papoulia: Tholos 1

PKC430
TITLEPapoulia: Tholos 1
WGS84 37.013011° N, 21.750719° E
Accuracy 50 m.

LAT/LON 37.013011, 21.750719
LON/LAT 21.750719, 37.013011

DMS 37° 0' 46.8396" N,21° 45' 2.5884" E

W3Wefforts, igneous, approaching
UTM34 S, 566785, 4096579
EGSA87 299738, 4098393

Elevation m325
Elevation feet 1066.3
RegionMessenia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tholos

TYPE

1.    Built Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 117    '...three small built tombs imitating tholoi and a rectangular built grave ...'
2.    Cem.   PAE[1954], 315    
3.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 85    ' ... 2 kleine Tholosgräber und ein Kistengrab.'
4.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 120    'In Papoulia village there are three LH III small tholoi and a cist grave ... '
5.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 200    'Tholos A (18A): La tombe est détruite à peu près jusqu'au niveau du sol, ...'
6.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 537    'Tholos 1'
7.    Tholos.   Messenia I, 240    'Four rather small tholos tombs ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 117, 'LH II-III(A-B)'

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 537, ' ..., und Marinatos datierte die Keramik in SH III.'
    b.    Messenia I: 240, 'The pottery is LH III.'
    c.    Pelon [1976]: 201, 'La céramique non décrite trouvée dans les tombes est attribuée par Marinatos à l'HR III ...'
    d.    PAE[1954]: 315,
    e.    Ålin [1962]: 85, 'Die Keramik der 3 Gräber ist in SH III zu datieren.'
    f.    Boyd [2001]: 120, ' ... three LH III small tholoi ... '

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 117, 'LH II-III(A-B)'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 117, 'LH II-III(A-B)'
    b.    PAE[1954]: 315,

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    PAE[1954]: 315,

NOTE

1.  Placement is notional. Zavadil says (537): 'Eine Hälfte des Grabes lag unter dem Haus des Bürgermeisters M. Zacharopoulos, und die andere Hälfte befand sich unter der am Haus vorbeiführenden Gasse.'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  PAE[1954]:  Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1954., '', pg. 315.

2.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Papoulia', pg. 85.

3.  Boyd [2001]:  Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '14: Ayos Ioánnis Papoúlia', pg. 119. Online here.

4.  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., '49. Papoulia', pg. 240. 'Four rather small tholos tombs were excavated here by Marinatos. Three are in the village and badly destroyed. One is just outside the village at a spot called Latzouni, and the collapsed chamber is said to have been intact. The pottery is LH III. ..'
Online here.

5.  Pelon [1976]:  Pelon, Olivier. Tholoi, tumuli et cercles funéraires; Recherches sur les monuments funéraires de plan circulaire dan l'Égée de l’Âge du Bronze (IIIe at IIe millénaires av. J.-C). Bibliothèques de l'École française d'Athènes et de Rome - Série Athènes, 229. 1976., '18. Papoulia', pg. 200. Online here.

6.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 16 Papoulia Village', pg. 117. 'Within the village of Papoulia and immediately outside it to the west were found three small built tombs imitating tholoi and a rectanbular built grave.'
Online here.

7.  Simpson [2014]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos. Philadelphia:Instap Academic Press, 2014. , '49 Papoulia (village)', pg. 21.

8.  Zavadil [2012]:  Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Tholos 1', pg. 537. Online here.

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