Site details

Kedros (Orthos): Tholos Tomb

PK	C6900
TITLE	Kedros (Orthos): Tholos Tomb
WGS84	39.216114° N, 22.038549° E
Accuracy	Unknown

LAT/LON	39.216114, 22.038549
LON/LAT	22.038549, 39.216114

DMS

39° 12' 58.0104" N

22° 2' 18.7764" E

W3W	whereby, polkas, chitchat
UTM	34 S, 589656.56, 4341273.2
EGSA87	330516, 4342305

Elevation m	212
Elevation feet	695.5
Region	Thessaly

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Georganas [2000], 47    'The tombs are located in the following sites ..., Kedros (1), ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Georganas [2000]: 47, ' ... built and used throughout the Protogeometric (PG) and the Geometric (G) periods.'

2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    Georganas [2000]: 47, ' ... built and used throughout the Protogeometric (PG) and the Geometric (G) periods.'

NOTES

1. The modern town of Kedros is just to the SE of the archaeological site of Orthos.

Georganas places a tholos tomb here and references Arachoviti, P. 'Tholotos protogeometrikos taphos sten perioche ton Pheron' in La Thessalie; quinze années de recherches archéologiques, 1975-1990: bilans et perspectives. Actes du colloque international, Lyon avril 1990 (1994) 125-138.
Additional information in Mogens Herman Hansen An inventory of archaic and classical poleis, Oxford, 2004.
The interested reader may glean a little more from the excellent website Topostext here.

2. Further bibliography and notes are on the Kedros Aristeia page here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Georganas [2000]: Georganas, Ioannis. ‘Early Iron Age Tholos Tombs in Thessaly (c.1100 - 700 BC)’, Mediterranean Archaeology (13), 47-54., 'Introduction', pg. 47. Online here.