Troumbes
| PK | C648 |
| TITLE | Troumbes |
| 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 |
| W3W | eeriness, batteries, menu |
| UTM | 34 S, 567388, 4218733 |
| EGSA87 | 304242, 4220518 |
| Elevation m | 339 |
| Elevation feet | 1112.2 |
| Region | Achaea |
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.