Papoulia: Tholos 1
| PK | C430 |
| TITLE | Papoulia: 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 |
| W3W | efforts, igneous, approaching |
| UTM | 34 S, 566785, 4096579 |
| EGSA87 | 299738, 4098393 |
| Elevation m | 325 |
| Elevation feet | 1066.3 |
| Region | Messenia |
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.