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Tinos: Aghia Thekla

PK	C1162
TITLE	Tinos: Aghia Thekla
WGS84	37.652746° N, 25.03019° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.652746, 25.03019
LON/LAT	25.03019, 37.652746

DMS

37° 39' 9.8856" N

25° 1' 48.684" E

W3W	hassle, smelt, profited
UTM	35 S, 326234.86, 4169112.69
EGSA87	590726, 4167499

Elevation m	145
Elevation feet	475.7
Region	Cyclades
Subregion	Tinos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Schallin [1993], 22    'A tholos tomb of Mycenaean type was excavated by Despinis ... '
2.    Tholos.   Barber [1981], 20    'A tholos tomb of Mycenaean type containing nine burials and a substantial amount of LH IIIB pottery ... '
3.    Tholos.   Feuer [2002], 300    'Despinis, G. 1981. Anaskaphi Tinou. Praktika tis en Athenais Archaiologikis Etaireias, 1979: 228-235. Describes the excavation of a tholos tomb at Ayia Thekla on the Cycladic island of Tinos.'
4.    Tomb.   PAE[1979], 232

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Cycladic III: (1420 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Schallin [1993]: 22, ' ... remains of the middle LBA ... ' In Schallin [1993] the middle LBA encompasses the LC III. See p. 8, Table 1.

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    PAE[1979]: 235,

3. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    PAE[1979]: 235,
    b.    Barber [1981]: 20, ' ... a substantial amount of LH IIIB pottery ... '

4. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    PAE[1979]: 235,

5. Middle Geometric: (850 BC - 760 BC)
    a.    PAE[1979]: 232,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1979]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1979., '', pg. 232.

2. Barber [1981]: Barber, R.L.N.. ‘The Late Cycladic Period: A Review’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (76), pp. 1-21, 1981., '39. Ayia Thekla Tinos ... ', pg. 20. Online here.

3. Feuer [2002]: Feuer, Bryan Avery. Mycenaean Civilization: An Annotated Bibliography Through 2002. Revised Edition. McFarland & Company, Revised Edition [2004], 2004, 'Ayia Thekla: no. 1743', pg. 300.

4. Schallin [1993]: Schallin, Ann-Louise. Islands under Influence: The Cyclades in the Late Bronze Age and the Nature of Mycenaean Presence.. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, no. 111. Jonsered 1993, '46. Ayia Thekla', pg. 22.