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Kaminia Mound (Kato Kremmidhia: Fourtsavrisi)

PK	C229
TITLE	Kaminia Mound (Kato Kremmidhia: Fourtsavrisi)
WGS84	36.984996° N, 21.781274° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.984996, 21.781274
LON/LAT	21.781274, 36.984996

DMS

36° 59' 5.9856" N

21° 46' 52.5864" E

W3W	beanpole, sculpting, rectangles
UTM	34 S, 569529, 4093493
EGSA87	302384, 4095221

Elevation m	307
Elevation feet	1007.2
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    hab.   Simpson [2014], 21    'extent unclear; 'hamlet'(?)'
2.    Mound.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 139    'One of two mounds observed has been partly excavated; it contained small tholos-like built tombs ... '
3.    Mound.   Simpson [1981], 120    'One of the two mounds observed near here has been partly excavated. It contained small tholos type built tombs, mainly of early Mycenaean date, ...'
4.    Mound.   Boyd [2001], 116    '...a large mound with five small tholos tombs and four burial pithoi; ...'
5.    Mound.   Zavadil [2012], 264    Grabhügel
6.    Mound.   Simpson [2014], 21    'mounds with small tholoi'
7.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 139    ' ..., with pottery of mostly early LH date ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic III: (1775 BC - 1700 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 118, ' ... the two central pithoi of the mound are dated, ..., to the late MH period, or to the MH/LH transition; ... '
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 265, ..or MHIII to LHI transitional

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 139, ' ... pottery of mostly early LH date ... '

3. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 118, 'Tomb 4 contains only early material, possibly all LHI, ... '
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 265, ..or MHIII to LHI transitional
    c.    Simpson [2014]: 21, 'LH I/II - III(A - B), C, H'
    d.    Simpson [1981]: 120, 'LH I/II - III(A - B) C H'
    e.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 139, 'LH I/II-III(A-B) ... '

4. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 21, 'LH I/II - III(A - B), C, H'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 120, 'LH I/II - III(A - B) C H'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 139, 'LH I/II-III(A-B) ... '

5. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 118, 'Finds in tomb 5 are all LHIIA in LHIIA in date, where information is available.'

6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 21, 'LH I/II - III(A - B), C, H'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 120, 'LH I/II - III(A - B) C H'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 139, 'LH I/II-III(A-B) ... '

7. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 21, 'LH I/II - III(A - B), C, H'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 120, 'LH I/II - III(A - B) C H'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 139, ' ... reported to extend to LH IIIB in one.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 139, 'LH I/II-III(A-B) ... '

NOTE

1. Located by following the directions in Boyd [2001] 16, 'Directions'. The Kafe to Kendron ('The Center') is at F102; the small chapel of Ayios Nikolas is at F101; the spring Phourtsovrysi is at F100. Measuring from the spring the distance is exactly 500 m. Measuring from the intersection by F101 the distance is a bit more.

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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, ''13: Kaminia'', pg. 116. Also C230
Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 36 Kato Kremmidhia: Fourtsavrisi', pg. 120. Online here.

3. Simpson [2014]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos. Philadelphia:Instap Academic Press, 2014. , '65B Kato Kremmydhia: Fourtzavrysi, Kaminia', pg. 21.

4. 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 34 Kato Kremmidhia: Fourtsovrisi', pg. 139. Online here.

5. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Ano Kremmydia/Kaminia (Ep. Pylias)', pg. 264. Online here.