Site details

Tholon: Hagios Dhimitrios

PK	C178
TITLE	Tholon: Hagios Dhimitrios
WGS84	37.41332° N, 21.675612° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.41332, 21.675612
LON/LAT	21.675612, 37.41332

DMS

37° 24' 47.952" N

21° 40' 32.2032" E

W3W	primal, nosed, mouths
UTM	34 S, 559787, 4140939
EGSA87	294145, 4142973

Elevation m	35
Elevation feet	114.8
Region	Triphylia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Hab

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 142    'Computation based on Simpson's estimate of 60 m. diameter circle'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 180    ' ... LH and BA coarse ware is thinly distributed ... '
3.    Sherds.   Messenia III, 130    'In addition to prehistoric coarse ware, LH III is represented by the base of a deep bowl and the rim of a carinated stemmed bowl.'

SITE SIZE

- Simpson [1981]  p. 142,  Size: 2827 sq. m.  Computation based on Simpson's estimate of 60 m. diameter circle: ' ... distributed over an area about 60 m. in diameter.'

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 180,  Size: 2827 sq. m.  ' ... over an area c. 60 m. in diameter.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 180, ' ... and BA coarse ware ... '

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Messenia III: 130,

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 142, 'LH III(A-B) C or H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 180, 'LH III(A-B) ... '

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 142, 'LH III(A-B) C or H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 180, 'LH III(A-B) ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Messenia III: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Explorations in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1964-1968’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 73, No. 2 (Apr., 1969), pp. 123-177., '21A. Ayios Dhimitrios (Tholo)', pg. 130. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 241 Tholon: Ayios Dhimitrios', pg. 142. Online here.

3. 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 244 Tholon: Ayios Dhimitrios', pg. 180. Online here.