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Koutsochira: Diasela: Tholos 2

PK	C445
TITLE	Koutsochira: Diasela: Tholos 2
WGS84	37.600059° N, 21.72763° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.600059, 21.72763
LON/LAT	21.72763, 37.600059

DMS

37° 36' 0.2124" N

21° 43' 39.468" E

W3W	resealed, profile, dogfish
UTM	34 S, 564230, 4161691
EGSA87	299250, 4163582

Elevation m	105
Elevation feet	344.5
Region	Triphylia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Cem.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 308    'HAB-CEM. 3 chamber tombs on lower S slope; 2 possible tholoi on crest; roof tiles; foundations of houses and fortifications (probably classical)'
2.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 95    'Three collapsed chamber tombs were dug in a cemetery on the south slope.'
3.    Chamber Tomb.   BCH [1957], 574    The chamber tombs are described here.
4.    Settlement.   Simpson [1981], 95    'On a low hill, about 130 m. east to west by 100 m., remains of a Mycenaean settlement were discovered.'
5.    Sherds.   Simpson [1981], 95    '...There is some classical surface pottery with the Mycenaean on the upper south slopes.'
6.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 95    'On top of the hill are traces of two possible tholos tombs.'
7.    Tholos.   Messenia I, 229    'There are two possible tholoi on top of the hill ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 95, '...a Mycenaean settlement ...'

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 308, 'LHIIIA?'
    b.    BCH [1957]: 574,

3. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 95, 'LH IIIA2-C ...'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 308, 'LHIIIB?'
    b.    BCH [1957]: 574,

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 308, 'LHIIIC?'
    b.    BCH [1957]: 574,
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 95, 'LH IIIA2-C ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1957]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 81, 1957., '', pg. 574. Online here.

2. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: McDonald, William A. and George R. Rapp, Jr.. The Minnesota Messenia Expedition: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Regional Environment. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. 1972, '331 (17) Dhiasela: Koutsochera', pg. 308.

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., '17. Koutsochira (Diasela)', pg. 229. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 67 Dhiasela: Koutsocheira', pg. 95. Online here.