Site details

Nichoria: Little Circle

PK	C1706
TITLE	Nichoria: Little Circle
WGS84	37.003556° N, 21.912937° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.003556, 21.912937
LON/LAT	21.912937, 37.003556

DMS

37° 0' 12.8016" N

21° 54' 46.5732" E

W3W	gentle, microphones, sieves
UTM	34 S, 581227, 4095656
EGSA87	314149, 4097015

Elevation m	92
Elevation feet	301.8
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Zavadil [2012], 416    Zavadil lists objects of bronze, stone, animal ivory, and spindle whorls.
2.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 153    ' ..., with which three LH IIA vases were associated; ... '
3.    Site.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 153    'On the E it (a tholos, rhc) slightly overlapped the "Little Circle", a curious well-like structure only 2 m. broad, in which there had been ordinary burials, ... '
4.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 416    'Die MME Tholos, ... '
5.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 161    'Without a doubt, if one were to interpret the little circle as a tholos tomb, it would rank among the smallest; but size alone cannot determine that this construction was not originally tholos-like.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 164, ' ... it would seem that the construction, use and abandonment of the tomb should all have occurred within LHIIA.'
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 418, 'In SH IIA oder etwas früher wurde der Little Circle errichtet.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 153, ' ..., with which three LH IIA vases were associated; ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '30: Nihória And Surroundings', pg. 160. Online here.

2. 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., 'D 100 Rizomylo', pg. 152. Online here.

3. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Nichoria; Little Circle', pg. 416. Online here.