PKey Report

PK	C834
TITLE	Prosymna: Tholos
WGS84	37.695997° N, 22.769915° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.695997, 22.769915
LON/LAT	22.769915, 37.695997

DMS

37° 41' 45.5892" N

22° 46' 11.694" E

W3W	extroverted, shattering, disclaims
UTM	34 S, 656039, 4173560
EGSA87	391406, 4172510

Elevation m	108
Elevation feet	354.3
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1. Tholos. Simpson [1981], 19 '... a tholos tomb, the largest (diameter 9.5 m.) in the Argolid outside Mycenae.'

2. Tholos. Pelon [1976], 176 'La tholos de l'Héraion d'Argos est située à 1 km à l'Ouest du santuaire ...' In fact, it is 539 m. and exactly (315 degrees) NW from the NW corner of the Heraion.

3.    Tholos.   Fitzsimons [2011], 90    ' ... over the course of the LH IIA through LH IIIB periods, a total of sixteen tholoi ... were erected, ... and single examples at ... Prosymna ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)

    a.    Pelon [1976]: 177, '...est datée par Wace de l'HR II d'après des fragments céramiques qu'il compare à des vases des tholoi de Kakovatos.'

2. Late Helladic IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)

    a.    Simpson [1981]: 19, 'The small amount of pottery found in the tomb all seems to be of the LH IIA period.'

3. Late Helladic IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)

    a.    Fitzsimons [2011]: 93, 'LH IIB-IIIA:1'

4. Late Helladic IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)

    a.    Fitzsimons [2011]: 93, 'LH IIB-IIIA:1'

NOTES

1. For a detailed diagram of the Prosymna complex see Cavanaugh and Mee [1998] 198, fig. 5.5.

2. Together with C835, C836, C837, C838, C839, and C6555.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Cavanagh and Mee [1998]: Cavanagh, William and Christopher Mee. A Private Place: Death in Prehistoric Greece. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology (CCXXV). Paul Aströms Förlag, Jonsered. Sweden. 1998., '', pg. 198.

2. Fitzsimons [2011]: Fitzsimons, Rodney D.. ‘Monumental Architecture and the Construction of the Mycenaean State’, pp. 75-118 in Terrenato and Haggis [2011], 'Phase II: The Pre-Palatial Period [LH IIA - LH IIIA:1]', pg. 89. Online here.

3. Pelon [1976]: Pelon, Olivier. Tholoi, tumuli et cercles funéraires; Recherches sur les monuments funéraires de plan circulaire dan l'Égée de l’Âge du Bronze (IIIe at IIe millénaires av. J.-C). Bibliothèques de l'École française d'Athènes et de Rome - Série Athènes, 229. 1976., '2. L'Heraion d'Argos', pg. 176. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'A 6 Prosymna: The Ancient Argive Heraion, 3. The Tholos Tomb', pg. 18. Online here.

5. Terrenato and Haggis [2011]: Terrenato, N. and D.C. Haggis. State Formation in Italy and Greece: Questioning the Neoevolutionist Paradigm. Oxford: Oxbow, '', Online here.