Site details

Gritsa: Cem: Tholos D

PK	C1688
TITLE	Gritsa: Cem: Tholos D
WGS84	39.023507° N, 22.947621° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.023507, 22.947621
LON/LAT	22.947621, 39.023507

DMS

39° 1' 24.6252" N

22° 56' 51.4356" E

W3W	clays, reworks, keychain
UTM	34 S, 668599, 4321190
EGSA87	408752, 4319625

Elevation m	20
Elevation feet	65.6
Region	Magnesia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Rousioti [2018], 411    ' ..., the tomb yielded a few beads and ... '
2.    Pottery.   Rousioti [2018], 411    ' The vessels consist of two small globular jugs FS 114-115, a deep bowl, a stirrup jar FS 174 - 175 and a jar with vertical handles FS 74.'
3.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 250    'Cette tholos, dont l'identification reste assurée, a été presque entièrment détruite.'
4.    Tholos.   Rousioti [2018], 410    'Verdelis' excavation brought to light one more tholos (Tholos D), ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Rousioti [2018]: 411, ' ... and badly-preserved pottery which indicate that LH IIIB - LH IIIC was the period of use for this tholos.'

2. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 251, '... la tholos D date vraisemblablement de lHR IIIC mais elle a contenu également au moins une sépulture postérieure caractérisée par des armes de fer; ...'
    b.    Rousioti [2018]: 411, ' ... and badly-preserved pottery which indicate that LH IIIB - LH IIIC was the period of use for this tholos.'

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, 'Verdelis' excavation brought to light one more tholos (Tholos D), ... ', pg. 410. Online here.