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Tragana: Viglitsa: Tholos 1

PK	C234
TITLE	Tragana: Viglitsa: Tholos 1
WGS84	37.000751° N, 21.661988° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.000751, 21.661988
LON/LAT	21.661988, 37.000751

DMS

37° 0' 2.7036" N

21° 39' 43.1568" E

W3W	flexibility, spur, nuzzling
UTM	34 S, 558901, 4095160
EGSA87	291809, 4097223

Elevation m	39
Elevation feet	128
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Artifacts.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 133    ' ..., and a hoard of bronzes from a pit in the doorway should date within this range.'
2.    Lithics.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 133    ' ..., like reported flint and obsidian, ... '
3.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 132    'At the S end of the ridge on which Tragana village stands two tholos tombs have been excavated, set back to back.', 'The larger ..., T. 1, was better built, with a walled dromos, ... '
4.    Tholos.   Davis and Bennet [2017], 38    'The two Tragana tholos tombs lie ca. 850 m southwest of Tragana village...'
5.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 116    '... two tholos tombs were excavated, ...'
6.    Tholos.   Messenia I, 240    'Two tholoi lie ca. 20 m. apart at the S-SW end of the ridge on which stands Tragana village ...'
7.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 558    '... ein Tholosgrab...'
8.    Tholos.   Simpson [2014], 20    'tholoi'
9.    Tholos.   BCH [1956], 285    ' ... Tragana, dans une tombe royale à tholos, ... '
10.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 84    ' ... von Kourouniotis 1912 und Marinatos 1955 - 56 2 Tholosgräber ausgegraben worden.'
11.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 131    'Excavation: the stomion of tholos 1 was excavated by Skías, the chamber by Kourouniótis.'
12.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 195    'Les deux tombes à tholos de Tragana...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 20, 'MH, LH II-IIIA2, LH IIIC Late, DA II'

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 197, 'l'HR I-IIA, IIIA 1, IIIC 1 et C 2'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 133, ' ... (MH and LH I sherds ... '
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 133, ' ... (MH and LH I sherds ... '

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 20, 'MH, LH II-IIIA2, LH IIIC Late, DA II'
    b.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 38, 'Both tombs seem to have been constructed in LH II, ...'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 84, ' ... aus SH II - IIIA, ... '
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 133, 'LH II jars and good LH IIIA vases were found, ... '

4. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 561, 'Datierung: Die Tholos wurde - nach Ausweis der drei Palaststilamphoren - in SH IIA (vielleicht in einer frühen Phase des SH IIA) errichtet, ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 116, 'The larger and better built tomb was in use from LH IIA to LH IIIA and was reused for a whole series of burials extending from LHIIIC into H..'
    c.    Pelon [1976]: 197, 'l'HR I-IIA, IIIA 1, IIIC 1 et C 2'
    d.    Boyd [2001]: 132, 'the abundance of LHIIA palace style fragments in tomb land architectural similarity between the tombs suggests that both were built at around the same time in LHIIA.'

5. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 561, Implied

6. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 116, 'The larger and better built tomb was in use from LH IIA to LH IIIA and was reused for a whole series of burials extending from LHIIIC into H..'
    b.    BCH [1956]: 285, 'Ces trouvailles datent de 1400 av. J.-C. environ.'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 84, ' ... aus SH II - IIIA, ... '
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 133, ' ... good LH IIIIA vases ... '

7. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 240, Marinatos .. dates the original construction and contents of both to ca. 1400.
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 561, Implied
    c.    Simpson [2014]: 20, 'MH, LH II-IIIA2, LH IIIC Late, DA II'
    d.    Pelon [1976]: 197, 'l'HR I-IIA, IIIA 1, IIIC 1 et C 2'

8. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 561, ' ... dürfte dann bis SH IIIA2 in Verwendung gewesen sein.'
    b.    Simpson [2014]: 20, 'MH, LH II-IIIA2, LH IIIC Late, DA II'
    c.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 38, '..., and to have gone out of use by LH IIIA2.'

9. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [2014]: 20, 'MH, LH II-IIIA2, LH IIIC Late, DA II'
    b.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 38, 'Tomb 1 has evidence of LH IIIC-PG reuse, ...'
    c.    Ålin [1962]: 84, ' ..., die zweite mit Keramik aus IIIC, SM und PG Zeiten.'
    d.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 133, ' ... reused for a whole series of burials extending from LH IIIC into SMyc. ... '

10. LH IIIC1: (1190 BC - 1130 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 197, 'l'HR I-IIA, IIIA 1, IIIC 1 et C 2'

11. LH IIIC2: (1130 BC - 1090 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 197, 'l'HR I-IIA, IIIA 1, IIIC 1 et C 2'

12. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
    a.    Davis and Bennet [2017]: 38, 'Tomb 1 has evidence of LH IIIC-PG reuse, ...'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 133, ' ... and even PG ... '

13. Sub Mycenaean: (1060 BC - 1000 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 133, ' ... into SMyc. ... '

NOTE

1. Davis and Bennet [2017] 38, 'I6 Tragana Viglitsa' say 'MH and LH I material probably belonged to a settlement that predated the tombs.'

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. BCH [1956]: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 80, 1956., 'Messénie, fouilles de la Société archéologique.', pg. 285. Online here.

2. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Tragana', pg. 84.

3. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '18: Tragána', pg. 131. Online here.

4. 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., 'I6 Tragana Viglitsa/Tragana tholos tombs', pg. 38.

5. 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., '46. Tragana', pg. 240. Online here.

6. 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., '15. Tragana.', pg. 195. Online here.

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

8. Simpson [2014]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos. Philadelphia:Instap Academic Press, 2014. , '46 Tragana: Viglitsa', pg. 20.

9. 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 11 Tragana: Viglitsa', pg. 132. Online here.

10. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Tholos 1', pg. 559. Online here.