Site details

Platanos: Tombrino and Renia

PK	C152
TITLE	Platanos: Tombrino and Renia
WGS84	37.664257° N, 21.613248° E
Accuracy	200 m.

LAT/LON	37.664257, 21.613248
LON/LAT	21.613248, 37.664257

DMS

37° 39' 51.3252" N

21° 36' 47.6928" E

W3W	saunas, proposition, statehouse
UTM	34 S, 554086, 4168742
EGSA87	289332, 4170957

Elevation m	67
Elevation feet	219.8
Region	Elis

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Cem.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 306    'CEM. 3 pillaged LHIIIB-C chamber tombs; necklaces of gold and glass paste; ...'
2.    Cem.   Messenia III, 128    'At the SE edge of Platanos village in two contiguous areas named Tombrino and Rhenia three pillaged chamber tombs were carefully cleaned. The salvage work saved a number of LH IIIB-C vases, necklaces of gold and glass-paste, and other small finds.'
3.    Cem.   AD[1964], 177
4.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson [1981], 94    'A chamber tomb at Renia on the southeast edge of Platanos contained fine jewellery and pottery. Another chamber tomb at Tombrino nearby had been totally plundered.'
5.    Chamber Tomb.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 97    'A chamber tomb at Renia on the SE edge of Platanos...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 94, 'LH IIIA2-B A H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 97, 'LH IIIA2-B A H'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 306, 'LHIIIB - LHIIIC ...'
    b.    Messenia III: 128, 'The salvage work saved a number of LH IIIB-C vases, necklaces of gold, and glass paste...'
    c.    Simpson [1981]: 94, 'LH IIIA2-B A H'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 97, '...none clearly later than LH IIIB...'
    e.    AD[1964]: 177,

3. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    McDonald and Rapp [1972]: 306, 'LHIIIB - LHIIIC ...'
    b.    Messenia III: 128, 'The salvage work saved a number of LH IIIB-C vases, necklaces of gold, and glass paste...'
    c.    AD[1964]: 177,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. AD[1964]: Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 19, '', pg. 177.

2. McDonald and Rapp [1972]: McDonald, William A. and George R. Rapp, Jr.. The Minnesota Messenia Expedition: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Regional Environment. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. 1972, '318 (7A) Platanos: Tombrino and Renia', pg. 306.

3. Messenia III: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Explorations in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1964-1968’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 73, No. 2 (Apr., 1969), pp. 123-177., '7A. Tombrino (Platanos)', pg. 128. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 55 Platanos: Tombrino and Renia', pg. 94. Online here.

5. 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., 'B 78 Platanos: Tombrino', pg. 97. Online here.