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Routsi: Tholos1

PK	C211
TITLE	Routsi: Tholos1
WGS84	37.030636° N, 21.737586° E
Accuracy	20 m.

LAT/LON	37.030636, 21.737586
LON/LAT	21.737586, 37.030636

DMS

37° 1' 50.2896" N

21° 44' 15.3096" E

W3W	springtime, exfoliating, windbreaker
UTM	34 S, 565602, 4098525
EGSA87	298616, 4100376

Elevation m	339
Elevation feet	1112.2
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Cem.   ERGON[1956], 91
2.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 85    'Marinatos grub hier 1956 - 57 2 Tholoi aus.'
3.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 145    'The two tholoi, about 20 m. apart, were small (d. c. 5 m.) and not particularly well-built.'
4.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 153    'two tholos tombs and three burial mounds'
5.    Tholos.   Messenia I, 240    'Two tholos tombs were excavated here by Marinatos. One was refilled ...'
6.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 198    'La tholos 1 était connue depuis longtemps.'
7.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 524    'Tholos 1'
8.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 116    'The two tholos tombs contained pottery ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 156, 'Both tholos tombs were built in LHI at the latest, and may possibly have been built as early as MHIII.'

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 526, 'Nach Ausweis der Keramik dürfte die Tholos in SH I errichtet worden sein.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 116, 'The two tholos tombs contained pottery ranging from LH IIA to LH IIIA1, and possibly also including LH I'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 145, '..an askos ... might well be LH I, ...'
    d.    Boyd [2001]: 156, 'Both tholos tombs were built in LHI at the latest, and may possibly have been built as early as MHIII.'

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 200, 'la tholos 1 a livré deux groupes de vases bien distincts, l'un au Nord daté de l'HR II et l'autre au Sud de l'HR III.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 145, '...and LH II-III pottery, ...'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 85, ' ..., fanden sich 2 kleine Vasengruppen aus SH II und ... '

4. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 116, 'The two tholos tombs contained pottery ranging from LH IIA to LH IIIA1, ... '
    b.    Messenia I: 240, 'Outside dates assigned to the rich contents are LH II A to LH III A:1 (1500-1420).'

5. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 116, 'The two tholos tombs contained pottery ranging from LH IIA to LH IIIA1, and possibly also including LH I'
    b.    Messenia I: 240, 'Outside dates assigned to the rich contents are LH II A to LH III A:1 (1500-1420).'

6. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 200, 'la tholos 1 a livré deux groupes de vases bien distincts, l'un au Nord daté de l'HR II et l'autre au Sud de l'HR III.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 145, '...and LH II-III pottery, ...'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 85, ' ..., fanden sich 2 kleine Vasengruppen aus SH II und III resp. ... '

7. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    ERGON[1956]: 91,
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 156, 'Both tombs seem to have continued to be used until LHIIIA,...'

8. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 116, 'The two tholos tombs contained pottery ranging from LH IIA to LH IIIA1, ... '
    b.    Messenia I: 240, 'Outside dates assigned to the rich contents are LH II A to LH III A:1 (1500-1420).'

9. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 526, 'Vermutlich war sie in SH IIIB noch (oder wieder?) in Verwendung. Ob die beiden SH IIIC-Gefäße als Beigaben letzter (oder neuerlicher) Bestattungen zu interpretieren sind, muß offen bleiben.'
    b.    ERGON[1956]: 91,

10. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 526, 'Ob die beiden SH IIIC-Gefäße als Beigaben letzter (oder neuerlicher) Bestattungen zu interpretieren sind, muß offen bleiben.'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. ERGON[1956]: To ergon tes Archaiologikes Hetaireias, Athenai: Archaiologike Hetaireia. 1956., '', pg. 91.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Routsi', pg. 85.

3. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '27: Routsi', pg. 153. Online here.

4. Messenia I: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Prehistoric Habitation in Southwestern Peloponnese’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jul., 1961), pp. 221-260., '48. Routsi (Myrsinochori)', pg. 240. Online here.

5. 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., '17. Routsi', pg. 198. Online here.

6. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 13 Myrsinochori: Routsi', pg. 116. Online here.

7. 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 54 Myrsinochori: Routsi', pg. 145. Online here.

8. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Myrsinochori/Routsi (Ep. Pylias)', pg. 524. Online here.