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Velousia

PKC1219
TITLEVelousia
WGS84 38.394228° N, 24.094004° E
Accuracy 50 m.

LAT/LON 38.394228, 24.094004
LON/LAT 24.094004, 38.394228

DMS 38° 23' 39.2208" N,24° 5' 38.4144" E

W3Wshowrooms, entreat, disdain
UTM35 S, 246208, 4253556
EGSA87 508060, 4249274

Elevation m111
Elevation feet 364.2
RegionEuboea





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tholos

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 231    'Some kylix sherds were apparently also found at the site ..., '
2.    Tholos.   Fachard [2012], 319    'Une tholos mycénienne fut découverte par G. A. Papavasileiou en 1907, ... '
3.    Tholos.   Hankey [1952], 49    'a. (i) At Velousia, near Aliverion, one tholos tomb...'
4.    Tholos.   Sackett et al. [1966], 69    'The tholos tomb found by Papavasileiou ...'
5.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 126    'Papavasiliou hat hier ein kleines Tholosgrab, Diam. 4,20 m, ausgegraben.'
6.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 56    'A small built tomb of tholos type ... was investigated ...'
7.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 241    'La tombe ne comportait apparemment pas de dromos.'
8.    Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 231    'A small built tomb of tholos type ... '


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Sackett et al. [1966]: 69,

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Hankey [1952]: 49, '..., the late G. Papavasileiou opened twenty Late Helladic tombs near Khalkis, ...'
    b.    Fachard [2012]: 319, 'HR, ... ', ' ... tholos mycénienne ... '

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 241, 'La périod proposée par Hope Simpson (HR III) est cependant très vraisemblable.'

4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 56, 'LH (IIIA-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 231, 'LH (IIIA-B) C'

5. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 56, 'LH (IIIA-B)'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 231, 'LH (IIIA-B) C'

NOTE

1.  Additional bibliography in Fachard [2012] 319, footnote 264.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Ålin [1962]:  Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Belousia', pg. 126.

2.  Fachard [2012]:  Fachard, Sylvian. La Défense du Territoire; Étude de la Chora Érétrienne et de ses Fortifications, École suisse d'archéologie en Grèce. InFolio Editions, CH-Gollion. 2012, '99. Velos (Véloussia)', pg. 319. Online here.

3.  Hankey [1952]:  Hankey, V.. ‘Late Helladic Tombs at Khalkis’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, (47), pp. 49-95. 1952., ' I. Excavation of the Tombs', pg. 49. And see fn. 1.
Online here.

4.  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., '35. Bellousia.', pg. 240. Online here.

5.  Sackett et al. [1966]:  Sackett, L.H., and V. Hankey, R.J. Howell, T.W. Jacobsen, M.R. Popham. ‘Prehistoric Euboea: Contributions toward a Survey’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 61, pp. 33-112, [1966], '67. Velousia', pg. 69. Online here.

6.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 72 Velousia', pg. 56. Online here.

7.  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., 'F 89 Velousia', pg. 231. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1219 is at 38.38152° N, 24.05747° E, a straight-line distance of 3 km and 487 m.