Site details

Palaiokhori: Mikri Tourla

PK	C1116
TITLE	Palaiokhori: Mikri Tourla
WGS84	37.157486° N, 22.712012° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.157486, 22.712012
LON/LAT	22.712012, 37.157486

DMS

37° 9' 26.9496" N

22° 42' 43.2432" E

W3W	soups, salts, quizzed
UTM	34 S, 652020, 4113715
EGSA87	385485, 4112832

Elevation m	886
Elevation feet	2906.8
Region	Laconia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Built Tomb.   AR[2001], 28    'Investigation of the Myc tombs at Mikre Tourla has proved that the five funerary structures were not true tholoi, but rather built, cobelled tombs ... '
2.    Cem.   AR[2001], 28    ' ... the Myc tombs at Mikre Tourla ... '
3.    Cem.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 124    'Two groups of small elliptical built tombs were found, ... and on the hill of Mikri Tourla S of the village.'
4.    Grave.   Laconia II, 134    'The chief concentration of graves at Palaiokhori, however, is on the hill of Μικρὴ Τούρλα to the south of the village.'
5.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 187    'Cette tholos est située dans la région de Léonidi, au Sud du village de Palaiochori, sur la colline de Mikri Tourla.'
6.    Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 110    '...small elliptical built tombs were found, ..., and the other on the hill of Mikri Tourla to south of the village.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Laconia II: 134, '..in the tholos, for which a L.H. II date would be perfectly acceptable.'
    b.    Pelon [1976]: 187, 'La tombe, dont le mobilier n'est pas connu, peut être datée de l'HR II si l'on en juge par un fragment d'alabastre ...'

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    AR[2001]: 28, ' ... tombs of LH IIIA1 - IIIB2 date.'

3. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    AR[2001]: 28, ' ... tombs of LH IIIA1 - IIIB2 date.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 110, ', ... where LH IIIB pottery was found in one of the tombs.'

5. LH IIIB1: (1320 BC - 1250 BC)
    a.    AR[2001]: 28, ' ... tombs of LH IIIA1 - IIIB2 date.'

6. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    AR[2001]: 28, ' ... tombs of LH IIIA1 - IIIB2 date.'

NOTE

1. A good drawing of the tombs in AR [2001] 29, figs. 54-5.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AR[2001]: Archaeological Reports, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. (48) 2001., 'Palaiochori Kynourias', pg. 28. Online here.

2. 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., '11. Palaiochori', pg. 187. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'E 51 Palaiochori: Kotroni etc.', pg. 110. Online here.

4. 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., 'C 62 Palaiochori: Kotroni etc.', pg. 124. Online here.

5. Laconia II: Waterhouse, Helen and R. Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Laconia: Part II’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 56, pp. 114-175, 1961, 'Palaiokhori', pg. 132. Online here.