Site details

Livadhiti/Londariti/Leondari Tholos

PK	C247
TITLE	Livadhiti∕Londariti∕Leondari Tholos
WGS84	36.963525° N, 21.75435° E
Accuracy	100 m.

LAT/LON	36.963525, 21.75435
LON/LAT	21.75435, 36.963525

DMS

36° 57' 48.69" N

21° 45' 15.66" E

W3W	extremely, retrieved, hating
UTM	34 S, 567152, 4091092
EGSA87	299932, 4092894

Elevation m	201
Elevation feet	659.4
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 114    ' ..., a tholos tomb at Livadhiti, ... '
2.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 119    'Koukounara Tomb 1, at Livadhiti, lies to the southeast ... '
3.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 202    'La tholos de Livaditi','La tombe qui est rasée à environ 1 m de hauteur...'
4.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 455    '... die Überreste eines Tholosgrabes erkannt, ...'
5.    Tholos.   Messenia III, 150    ' ... the tholos at Londariti ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 119, 'Most of these tholoi were in use in early LH, ... '

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 202, '...l'HR I/II,...'
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 115, 'Chronology: The Livadhíti tholos was dated LHI-II by Marinátos, on the basis of sherds that he collected; ... '
    c.    Messenia III: 150, ' ... dates as early as LH I, ... '

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 202, '...l'HR I/II,...'
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 115, 'Chronology: The Livadhíti tholos was dated LHI-II by Marinátos, on the basis of sherds that he collected; ... '

4. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 115, ' ...; other pottery in the tomb he thought LHIII.'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 202, 'Un alabastre plat de l'HR IIIA donne une indication sur sa durée d'utilisation.'

6. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 456, She supplies the arguments for not giving a terminus post quem. For the terminus ad quem she says: 'Einziger Hinweis für eine genauere chronologische Einordnung des Grabes ist das Alabastron aus der Nische rechts des Stomions, welches in SH IIIA1 datiert werden kann'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '12: Koukounara: Livadhíti to Fitiés', pg. 114. Online here.

2. 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., '65A.Londariti (Stenosia)', pg. 150. Online here.

3. 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., '20A. La tholos de Livaditi.', pg. 202. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 29.2 Livadhiti, Phyties, Akona, and Polla Dendra', pg. 119. 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., 'Livaditi (auch: Leondariti)(Koukounara I)', pg. 455. Online here.