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Troumbes

PKC648
TITLETroumbes
WGS84 38.113909° N, 21.76873° E
Accuracy Unknown

LAT/LON 38.113909, 21.76873
LON/LAT 21.76873, 38.113909

DMS 38° 6' 50.0724" N,21° 46' 7.428" E

W3Weeriness, batteries, menu
UTM34 S, 567388, 4218733
EGSA87 304242, 4220518

Elevation m339
Elevation feet 1112.2
RegionAchaea





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tholos

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 89    'A LH IIIA figurine was found in a tumulus at Troumbes, ... '
2.    Cem.   PAE[1929], 89    
3.    Cem.   Giannopoulos [2008], 40    'Es handelte sich um drei als "Tholosgräber" bezeichnete Grabkonstruktionen, ...'
4.    Cem.   Ålin [1962], 64    '...fanden sich 3 kleine, zerstörte Tholosgräber, ...'
5.    Cem.   BCH [1929], 501    '..., existe un groupe de trois tombeaux à coupole, ...'
6.    Tholos.   Åström [1965], 101    'There were three so called tholos tombs on the row of small hillocks, called Troumbes, above Ayios Vasilios.'
7.    Tholos.   Papadopoulos [1979], 29    'There are three so-called "tholos tombs" on the row of small hillocks called Troumbes, ...'
8.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 89    ' ... a row of small hillocks called Troumbes in which were three so-called tholos tombs.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 29, 'LH (?), G'

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Åström [1965]: 101, ?? ' ... and (an early Mycenaean?) animal figurine.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 89, 'A LH IIIA figurine was found ... '

3. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    PAE[1929]: 89,
    b.    Giannopoulos [2008]: 40, '...spätgeometrisch...'
    c.    BCH [1929]: 502, Proto Geometric perhaps. The author, Yves Béquignon, says 'Cette céramique permettrait d'assigner à ces tombeaux une date antérieure à celle des tombes rupestres.' After, that is, LHIII.
    d.    Åström [1965]: 101, 'These were found with Geometric vases and ... '

NOTES

1.  For another paper on the tumuli and tumuli-like tombs of Achaea see Moschos [2000].

2.  Marker placement based on the map in Aktypi [2014] 130, fig. 2. 'The Khalandritsa region.'

3.  In French [1971] 180, 'Khalandritsa' we learn that the figurine is in the Patras Museum: "Khalandritsa (Troumbe) (293): PAE 1930, 83 f. Early animal in the Patras Museum."

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  BCH [1929]:  Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 53, 1929., 'Achaïe', pg. 501. At the paragraph starting 'Au lieu dit Troumbès, ...'
Online here.

2.  PAE[1929]:  Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1929., '', pg. 89.

3.  Aktypi [2014]:  Aktypi, Konstantina. ‘Finds Of The Geometric Period In The Mycenaean Cemetery At Agios Vasileios, Chalandritsa, Achaea’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (109), 129-157, 2014, '', pg. 129. Online here.

4.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Chalandritsa', pg. 64. At the paragraph beginning 'Bei Troumbes fanden sich...

5.  Åström [1965]:  Åström, Paul. ‘Mycenaean Pottery from the Region of Aigion, with a List of Prehistoric Sites in Achaia’, Opuscula Atheniensia, V, pp. 89-110, C.W.K. Gleerup, Lund, 1965., 'Chalandritsa', pg. 100.

6.  French [1971]:  French, Elizabeth. ‘The Development of Mycenaean Terracotta Figurines’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (66) 101-187. 1971, '', Online here.

7.  Giannopoulos [2008]:  Giannopoulos, T.. Die Letzte Elite der mykenischen Welt: Achaia in mykenischer Zeit und das Phänomen der Kriegerbestattungen im 12.-11. Jahrhundert v. Chr.. Bonn: Habelt. 2008., 'I.4.1.3. Region von Pharai; Chalandritsa (Agios Vasileios, Troumbes, Agriapidies, Pori, Stavros)', pg. 39.

8.  Isager et al.[2000]:  Isager, Signe and Inge Nielson (eds.). Proceedings of the Danish Institute at Athens, III, Aarhus University Press, Arhus, Denmark., '',

9.  Moschos [2000]:  Moschos, Ioannis. ‘Prehistoric Tumuli at Portes in Achaea. First Preliminary Report’, Isager et al.[2000], pp. 9-49., '', pg. 9. Online here.

10.  Papadopoulos [1979]:  Papadopoulos, Thanasis J.. Mycenaean Achaea; Part 1: Text. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden. 1979. Vol 1., '24. Troumbes', pg. 29.

11.  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., 'B 50 Chalandritsa: Ayios Vasilios', pg. 89. Online here.

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