Marathon: Tholos
| PK | C1521 |
| TITLE | Marathon: Tholos |
| WGS84 | 38.121353° N, 23.95462° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 38.121353, 23.95462 |
| LON/LAT | 23.95462, 38.121353 |
| DMS | 38° 7' 16.8708" N | , | 23° 57' 16.632" E |
| W3W | hooves, positivity, deduces |
| UTM | 34 S, 759007, 4223404 |
| EGSA87 | 495874, 4218993 |
| Elevation m | 27 |
| Elevation feet | 88.6 |
| Region | Attica |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos
TYPE
1. Tholos. Phialon [2011], ' ..., une tombe à tholos ... '2. Tholos. Simpson [1981], 51 '..a tholos tomb, of medium size (diameter 7.0 m.) but with a very long unlined dromos (25 m. in length), ...'
3. Tholos. Privitera [2013], 154 'La tomba a tholos di Maratona è situata .... '
4. Tholos. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 218 'About 1 km. to SE is a tholos tomb, of medium size (d. 7.0 m.) but approached by a very long (25 m.) unlined dromos, ...'
5. Tholos. Stubbings [1947], 7 '...beehive-tomb...'
6. Tholos. Pelon [1976], 228 'La tholos de Marathon est située au lieu-dit Vrana, à peu de distance au Sud des tumuli mésohelladiques et myceniens, ...'
7. Tholos. Ålin [1962], 110 'Am Südeingang zur Ebene liegt das Tholosgrab, Diam. etwa 7 m, ...'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Ålin [1962]: 111, 'Die Nachgrabung von Papadimitriou hat Scherben geliefert, die die Erbauung des Grabes gegen Ende von SH II datieren.'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 218, '...and pottery found ... is attributed to the end of LH II, ...'
c. Phialon [2011]: 80, ' ... a certainement été utilisée à la fin de l'HR II ou à l'HR III A1, ... ', 'La découverte de tessons en 1958 permet de suggérer une construction à la fin de l'HR II.'
2. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 51, 'A plain flat alabastron ... is probably of the LH IIB or LH IIIA1 period, ...'
b. Privitera [2013]: 155, '...frammenti ceramici del TE IIB, epoca alla quale va verosimilmente attributa la costruzione della tomba, ...'
c. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 218, '... a plain flat alabastron ... should be LH IIB-IIIA1, ...'
3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
a. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 218, '...but late LH III is also reported ...'
b. Stubbings [1947]: 7, LHIIIB? C? 'The pottery, however, is very poor (and ill preserved), and seemingly of a quite late date in the L.H. III period.'
c. Phialon [2011]: 80, 'F. Stubbings attribue toutefois le mobilier de la tombe à une phase tardive de l'HR III.'
4. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Privitera [2013]: 154, '...una tazza d'oro monoansata, databile al TE IIIA...'
5. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 51, 'A plain flat alabastron ... is probably of the LH IIB or LH IIIA1 period, ...'
b. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 218, '... a plain flat alabastron ... should be LH IIB-IIIA1, ...'
c. Phialon [2011]: 80, ' ... a certainement été utilisée à la fin de l'HR II ou à l'HR III A1, ... '
6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 51, 'But some LH IIIB pottery is also reported ...'
b. Pelon [1976]: 230, '... la tombe elle-même ne remontant, selon lui, qu'au XIIIe s. au même titre que la tholos de Ménidi.'
NOTES
1. At the time of writing, 2016, the tholos was under a concrete structure and not open to the public.
2. This tholos has a twin horse burial in the dromos.
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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., 'Marathon', pg. 110.
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., '31. Marathon', pg. 228.
Online here.
3. Phialon [2011]: Phialon, Laetitia. L'Émergence de la Civilisation Mycénienne en Grèce Centrale. Peeters, Leuven - Liege. Belgium. 2011., 'I.2.3.19 Marathon-Vrana ... Attique', pg. 80.
4. Privitera [2013]: Privitera, Santo. Principi, Pelasgi, e pescatori: L'Attica nella Tarda Eta del Bronzo. . Paestum: Pandemos. 2013., '37. Maratona - Vrana', pg. 152.
Starting on p. 154 at paragraph: "La tomba a tholos di Maratona ..."
5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 41 Marathon: Agriliki and Vrana', pg. 51.
Online here.
6. 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 49 Marathon: Vrana: Agriliki', pg. 218.
Online here.
7. Stubbings [1947]: Stubbings, F.H.. ‘The Mycenaean Pottery of Attica’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol 42, pp. 1-75, 1947., 'Marathon.', pg. 7.
Online here.