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Rodia: Tholos A

PK	C1698
TITLE	Rodia: Tholos A
WGS84	38.082955° N, 21.828416° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	38.082955, 21.828416
LON/LAT	21.828416, 38.082955

DMS

38° 4' 58.638" N

21° 49' 42.2976" E

W3W	down, undyed, beholds
UTM	34 S, 572651, 4215343
EGSA87	309395, 4216958

Elevation m	577
Elevation feet	1893
Region	Achaea

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 222    'Les deux tholoi ...'
2.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 92    At Bouga, to the north, two tholos tombs were discovered, both plundered.
3.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 65    'In der Nähe, bei Rodia, grub Zaphiropoulos 1956-57 2 Tholosgräber aus.'
4.    Tholos.   Papadopoulos [1979], 31    ... two tholos tombs, ...
5.    Tholos.   Giannopoulos [2008], 42    'Das kleinere, N-S orientierte Tholosgrab A, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 223, 'La tholos A, qui a été intégralement pillée, est considérée par le fouilleur comme plus ancienne que la tholos B, ...'. Tholos B (C1699) is dated to LH IIIB.

2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 92, 'The pottery has been dated LH IIIB, but both the pottery and the goods are more likely to be LH IIIA.'
    b.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 31, 'LHIIIA(-B?)'

3. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 92, 'Parallels for the goods go back to LH IIIA1 (and even earlier for the inlaid dagger).'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 92, 'The pottery has been dated LH IIIB, ...'
    b.    Papadopoulos [1979]: 31, 'LHIIIA(-B?)'

NOTES

1. For photographs and a short description: http://www.emmach.gr/katalogos-theseon/katarraktis-rodia

2. Rodia is the new name for the town of Bouga. The name change was done in 1955. When writing about Ayios Athanasios (in this atlas C516) Simpson ([1981] 92, 'D 42 Rodhia: Ayios Athanasios') says 'At Bouga to the north, two tholos tombs were discovered.' But the tholoi of Rhodia/Bouga are directly to the east of Ayios Athanasios.

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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., 'Katarraktis', pg. 65.

2. Giannopoulos [2008]: Giannopoulos, T.. Die Letzte Elite der mykenischen Welt: Achaia in mykenischer Zeit und das Phänomen der Kriegerbestattungen im 12.-11. Jahrhundert v. Chr.. Bonn: Habelt. 2008., 'Katarraktis (Karela, Rodia [Bouga], Agios Athanasios, Drakotrypa, Pyrgaki)', pg. 41.

3. Papadopoulos [1979]: Papadopoulos, Thanasis J.. Mycenaean Achaea; Part 1: Text. Paul Åströms Förlag, Göteborg, Sweden. 1979. Vol 1., '34. Ayios Athanasios', pg. 30.

4. 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., '29. Katarraktis.', pg. 222. Online here.

5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 42 Rodhia: Ayios Athanasios', pg. 92. Online here.