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Papoulia: Tholos 3

PKC432
TITLEPapoulia: Tholos 3
WGS84 36.989778° N, 21.769803° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 36.989778, 21.769803
LON/LAT 21.769803, 36.989778

DMS 36° 59' 23.2008" N,21° 46' 11.2908" E

W3Wscoring, thickset, handbook
UTM34 S, 568504, 4094015
EGSA87 301376, 4095775

Elevation m303
Elevation feet 994.1
RegionMessenia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 145    'In and around Papoulia village were found three small tholos-imitating built tombs ... ', 'The largest (d. 4.4 m.), which contained ten or more burials, ... '
2.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 85    ' ... Ein drittes Tholosgrab, ausserhalb des Dorfes, ..., wurde 1955 untersucht.'
3.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 120    'In Papoulia village there are three LH III small tholoi and a cist grave ... '
4.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 538    'Tholos 3'
5.    Tholos.   Messenia I, 240    'Four rather small tholos tombs ...'
6.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 117    ' ... were found three small built tombs imitating tholoi ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 145, ? 'LH II-III(A-B) ... ',' ... vases of clearly early type, ... '

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 538, 'Datierung : Einziger Hinweis für eine Datierung ist Marinatos' chronologische Einordnung des Bügelkannenfragmentes in SH III.'
    b.    Messenia I: 240, 'The pottery is LH III.'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 85, 'Die Keramik der 3 Gräber ist in SH III zu datieren.'
    d.    Boyd [2001]: 120, ' ... three LH III small tholoi ... '

NOTE

1.  Location, p. 538:'etwas außerhalb von Papoulia in der Flur Katarrachi (Grundbesitz Latzouni)'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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

2.  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.

3.  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.

4.  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.

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

6.  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 53 Papoulia Village', pg. 145. Online here.

7.  Zavadil [2012]:  Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Tholos 3', pg. 538. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C432 is at 36.94605° N, 21.70771° E, a straight-line distance of 7 km and 362 m.