Site details

Gritsa: Cem: Tholos C

PK	C1687
TITLE	Gritsa: Cem: Tholos C
WGS84	39.023423° N, 22.947771° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.023423, 22.947771
LON/LAT	22.947771, 39.023423

DMS

39° 1' 24.3228" N

22° 56' 51.9756" E

W3W	surround, neighed, disloyal
UTM	34 S, 668612, 4321181
EGSA87	408765, 4319616

Elevation m	20
Elevation feet	65.6
Region	Magnesia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Lithics.   Rousioti [2018], 410    'Apart from a few stone cones (buttons or spindle whorls), ... '
2.    Pottery.   Rousioti [2018], 410    ' ..., the tomb contained large storage or transportation vessels, ... '
3.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 250    '...la tholos C est celle qui avait conservé la plus hauteur de murs.'
4.    Tholos.   Rousioti [2018], 409    ' N. Verdelis uncovered yet another tholos tomb (Tholos C) ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 251, '... la tholos C probablement dès l'HR IIIB mais sûrement à l'HR IIIC et à date plus tardive; ...'

2. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 251, '... la tholos C probablement dès l'HR IIIB mais sûrement à l'HR IIIC et à date plus tardive; ...'
    b.    Rousioti [2018]: 410, ' ... represent the distinctive shapes of LH IIIC middle/late date ... '

3. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Rousioti [2018]: 419, 'The existence of well-preserved Protogeometric pottery suggests the continuity of use ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Karantzali [2021]: Karantzali, Efi. Η ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑΤΟΥ ΜΥΚΗΝΑΪΚΟΥ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ; Πρόσφατα ευρήματακαι πορίσματα της έρευνας; THE PERIPHERYOF THE MYCENAEAN WORLD; Recent discoveries and research result. Ministry of Culture and Sports; General Directοrατε of Antiquities and Cultural Heritageephorate of Antiquities of Fthiotida and Evrytania; Athens 2021, '',

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., '41. Ptéléon', pg. 248. Online here.

3. Rousioti [2018]: Rousioti, Dimitra. ‘The Tholos Tombs at Pteleos (Gritsa and Ayioi Theodoroi), Magnesia and their Contribution to the Reconstruction of the Cultural Landscape of Mycenaean Thessaly’, In Karantzali (ed.) [2021] 407-416, 'In 1953, during the last excavation campaign, ... ', pg. 409. Online here.