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Koukounara Akones: Tholos 1

PK	C231
TITLE	Koukounara Akones: Tholos 1
WGS84	36.977375° N, 21.757588° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	36.977375, 21.757588
LON/LAT	21.757588, 36.977375

DMS

36° 58' 38.55" N

21° 45' 27.3168" E

W3W	inwards, rosebuds, defaulted
UTM	34 S, 567428, 4092631
EGSA87	300256, 4094424

Elevation m	235
Elevation feet	771
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   PAE[1963], 116
2.    hab.   Simpson [1981], 119    'Remains of MH to LHIII habitation here include an apsidal megaron..'
3.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 140    'Ts. 6-7, at Akona, lie c. 500 m. NW of Katarrachi;...'
4.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 480    '...Tholosgrabes...'
5.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 113    'the tholoi lie in relatively flat land on the western side of the gorge of Potámi tou Arápi.'
6.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 119    Tombs 6-7, at Akona, ...

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 140, '...most are reported to have some evidence of use in early LH, only Ts. 6 and 8 seeming completely LH III.'

2. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 114, Chronology: no find earlier than LHIII is mentioned for tholos 1, although the pottery is not described or illustrated in detail.
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 119, ..tombs 6-8 appear to contain only LHIII burials.
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 140, '...most are reported to have some evidence of use in early LH, only Ts. 6 and 8 seeming completely LH III.'

3. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    PAE[1963]: 116,
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 481, 'Marinatos nahm aufgrund der Gestaltung des Stomions an, daß die Tholos um 1400 v. Chr. errichtet worden sein könnte. Eine Verwendung des Grabes in diesem Zeitraum (SH IIIA/B) kann anhand der publizierten Keramik nachgewiesen werden.'

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    PAE[1963]: 116,
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 481, 'Marinatos nahm aufgrund der Gestaltung des Stomions an, daß die Tholos um 1400 v. Chr. errichtet worden sein könnte. Eine Verwendung des Grabes in diesem Zeitraum (SH IIIA/B) kann anhand der publizierten Keramik nachgewiesen werden.'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    PAE[1963]: 116,

6. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    PAE[1963]: 116,

7. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
    a.    PAE[1963]: 116,

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. PAE[1963]: Praktika tes en Athenais Arkhaiologikes Hetaireias. 1963., '', pg. 116.

2. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '11: Koukounára Akónes', pg. 113. Online here.

3. 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., '65. Katarachi (Koukounara)', pg. 150. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 29 Koukounara: Katarrachi, Gouvalari etc', pg. 119. Online here.

5. 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 35 Koukounara: Katarrachi', pg. 139. 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., 'Akona 1 (Koukounara 6)', pg. 480. Online here.