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Mycenae: Cyclopean Tholos

PK	C1582
TITLE	Mycenae: Cyclopean Tholos
WGS84	37.728695° N, 22.749401° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.728695, 22.749401
LON/LAT	22.749401, 37.728695

DMS

37° 43' 43.302" N

22° 44' 57.8436" E

W3W	slated, storms, formal
UTM	34 S, 654163, 4177154
EGSA87	389646, 4176162

Elevation m	175
Elevation feet	574.1
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   French [2013], 41    'The Cyclopean tomb, the earliest of the tholos tombs at Mycenae, ... '
2.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 14    'The Cyclopean Tomb: BSA 25 (1921-2) 287.'
3.    Tomb.   Pelon [1976], 157    'La Tombe dite "Cyclopéenne" est située sur la pente ouest d'une colline ...'
4.    Tomb.   Wace et al. [1923], 287    'This tomb stands on the slope of the hill a little to the north of Epano Pegadi ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IB: (1660 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Wace et al. [1923]: 292, ?? ' ..., we should feel inclined to place it not earlier than the later years of the First Late Helladic Period.'

2. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 158, 'Aucun élément du mobilier ne permet cependant de la dater avant le début de l'HR II.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 14, '...contain fragments of "palatial" LH IIA jars, which provide the best indication of the date of construction.'
    c.    French [2013]: 41, 'The Cyclopean tomb, the earliest of the tholos tombs at Mycenae, can be dated, on the basis of the pottery found in it, to the LH IIA period ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. French [2013]: French, Elizabeth. Mycenae; Agamemnon’s Capital. The History Press, Gloucester, UK. 2002, reprinted 2013., 'Tholos tombs', pg. 41.

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., '1A. La Tombe Cyclopéene', pg. 157. Online here.

3. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., '7. The Tholos Tombs of Mycenae', pg. 14. Online here.

4. Wace et al. [1923]: Wace, A.J.B., and W.A. Heurtley, Winifred Lamb, Leicester B. Holland, C.A. Boethius. ‘The Report of the School Excavations at Mycenae, 1921-1923 [corrected title: The Report of the School Excavations at Mycenae, 1920-1923]’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (25) 1 - 434. (1921/1922 - 1922/1923), 'A. The Cyclopean Tomb ... .', pg. 287. Online here.