Site details

Kato Samiko: Tholos

PK	C1947
TITLE	Kato Samiko: Tholos
WGS84	37.530385° N, 21.591355° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.530385, 21.591355
LON/LAT	21.591355, 37.530385

DMS

37° 31' 49.386" N

21° 35' 28.878" E

W3W	doodled, promoters, housed
UTM	34 S, 552249, 4153877
EGSA87	287020, 4156151

Elevation m	6
Elevation feet	19.7
Region	Triphylia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 186    'The tholos was covered by a mound retained by a low stone peribolos 14.6m in diameter. The tholos is 5.65m in diameter, surviving in height to 2.4m, its wall 60cm thick (Papakonstandínou 1983, plate 56alpha).'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 187, 'Tholos tomb (mound 5). 'Items recovered from the tholos are dated from LHI to LHIIIA2.'

2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 187, 'Tholos tomb (mound 5). 'Items recovered from the tholos are dated from LHI to LHIIIA2.'

3. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 187, 'Tholos tomb (mound 5). 'Items recovered from the tholos are dated from LHI to LHIIIA2.'

4. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 187, 'Tholos tomb (mound 5). 'Items recovered from the tholos are dated from LHI to LHIIIA2.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, 'Architecture', pg. 186. Mounds 1-4 and the Tholos Tomb, mound 5
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