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Palaiopyrgos: Tholos

PKC1712
TITLEPalaiopyrgos: Tholos
WGS84 37.544368° N, 21.954577° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.544368, 21.954577
LON/LAT 21.954577, 37.544368

DMS 37° 32' 39.7248" N,21° 57' 16.4772" E

W3Wunclaimed, recaptured, forget
UTM34 S, 584326, 4155692
EGSA87 319152, 4156942

Elevation m218
Elevation feet 715.2
RegionArcadia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 88    '... and one tomb imitates a tholos.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 88, 'The finds appear to indicate a substantial site, which may have begun in the LHIIIC period.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 17 Palaiokastro: Ayia Sotira and Palaiopyrgos', pg. 88. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1712 is at 37.42724° N, 21.65721° E, a straight-line distance of 29 km and 324 m.