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Kato Englianos: Tholos

PKC225
TITLEKato Englianos: Tholos
WGS84 37.021693° N, 21.687127° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.021693, 21.687127
LON/LAT 21.687127, 37.021693

DMS 37° 1' 18.0948" N,21° 41' 13.6572" E

W3Wheavily, positive, quizzed
UTM34 S, 561121, 4097500
EGSA87 294103, 4099492

Elevation m128
Elevation feet 419.9
RegionMessenia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   McDonald and Rapp [1972], 264    'HAB-CEM 3 tholos tombs NE (100 m), SW (150 m), and S (1 km); ... '
2.    Tholos.   Davis and Bennet [2017], 28    'The Kato Englianos tholos, excavated by Blegen, sits on the crest of the Kato Englianos ridge, ca. 900 m. southwest of the Palace of Nestor...'
3.    Tholos.   Heath [nd],     'The Kato Englianos tholos [094.20], excavated by Blegen ..., sits on the crest of the Kato Englianos ridge[094.30], approximately 900 m. SW of the Palace of Nestor.'
4.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 366    'Tholos III (Tholos von Kato Englianos)'
5.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 147    'Excavation: tholos III was excavated in three weeks in 1939; ... '
6.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 190    'La tholos, numérotee III dans l'inventaire des tholoi de la région, avait été complètement dévastée et pillée dès l'antiquité.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Heath [nd]: , ' ... LH II, LH IIIB ... '
    b.    Pelon [1976]: 192, '...fixeraient, peut-être sa construction à l'HR II.'
    c.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 28, 'LH II, LH IIIB'

2. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 151, 'LHIIA is the latest likely construction date, but it may even have been built before that.'
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 368, 'Die Tholos wurde spätestens in SH IIA erbaut.'
    c.    Zavadil [2012]: 368, 'Die Tholos wurde spätestens in SH IIA erbaut.'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 368, 'SH III Früh'
    b.    Pelon [1976]: 192, 'L'essentiel du mobilier très fragmentaire qu'elle contenait encore appartient à l'HR IIIA et B.'
    c.    Boyd [2001]: 151, ' ..., but the majority of the pottery is LHIIIA or LHIIIB, ... '
    d.    Zavadil [2012]: 368, 'Die Mehrzahl der Keramik gehört allerdings den Phasen SH IIIA und SH IIIB an.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Heath [nd]: , ' ... LH II, LH IIIB ... '
    b.    Pelon [1976]: 192, 'L'essentiel du mobilier très fragmentaire qu'elle contenait encore appartient à l'HR IIIA et B.'
    c.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 28, 'LH II, LH IIIB'
    d.    Boyd [2001]: 151, ' ..., but the majority of the pottery is LHIIIA or LHIIIB, ... '
    e.    Zavadil [2012]: 368, 'Die Mehrzahl der Keramik gehört allerdings den Phasen SH IIIA und SH IIIB an.'

5. LH IIIB2: (1250 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 368, 'Eine Verwendung des Grabes bis in die Periode des überganges von SH IIIB2 zu SH IIIC Früh, wie P. Mountjoy postulierte,'

6. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 368, 'Eine Verwendung des Grabes bis in die Periode des Überganges von SH IIIB2 zu SH IIIC Früh, wie P. Mountjoy postulierte,'

NOTE

1.  For a photograph see Davis and Bennet [2017] 28, Figure 15.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Boyd [2001]:  Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, ''24: Englianós'', pg. 147. Online here.

2.  Davis and Bennet [2017]:  Davis, Jack L. and John Bennet (eds.). The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project; A Retrospective. American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2017., 'C5 Chora Kato Englianos tholos', pg. 28.

3.  Heath [nd]:  Heath, Sebastian. PRAP Site Gazetteer, 'C05 Hora Kato Englianos', pg. 1. Online here. Online here.

4.  McDonald and Rapp [1972]:  McDonald, William A. and George R. Rapp, Jr.. The Minnesota Messenia Expedition: Reconstructing a Bronze Age Regional Environment. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. 1972, '1 Chora: Ano Englianos', pg. 264.

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., '14A. La tholos de Kato Englianos.', pg. 190. Online here.

6.  Zavadil [2012]:  Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Tholos III (Tholos von Kato Englianos)', pg. 366. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C225 is at 37.00053° N, 21.64331° E, a straight-line distance of 4 km and 552 m.