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Makrisia: Profitis Ilias: Tholos

PK	C291
TITLE	Makrisia: Profitis Ilias: Tholos
WGS84	37.609019° N, 21.598784° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.609019, 21.598784
LON/LAT	21.598784, 37.609019

DMS

37° 36' 32.4684" N

21° 35' 55.6224" E

W3W	samosa, looms, deviancy
UTM	34 S, 552850, 4162605
EGSA87	287900, 4164860

Elevation m	130
Elevation feet	426.5
Region	Triphylia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Pottery.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 99    'A LH IIA alabastron was later found 50 m. from the tumulus.'
2.    Sherds.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 99    'A steep acropolis ..., whose area is strewn with MH and LH sherds.'
3.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 705    'Description: LHI burial mound or tholos tomb.'
4.    Tumulus.   Simpson [1981], 95    'A small burial tumulus ... was found here, ... '
5.    Tumulus.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 99    'A small burial-tumulus (d. 4.7 m.) was found here, ... '

SITE SIZE

- Simpson and Dickinson [1979]  p. 99,  Size: 8000 sq. m.  ' ... (c. 100 m. E-W by 80 m.) ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 95, 'MH LH I-IIA LH III(A2-B) H'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 99, ' ...strewn with MH and LH sherds.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 99, ' ...strewn with MH and LH sherds.'

3. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 192, 'Chronology: all the pottery is recorded as belonging either to the LHI or LHIIA phase, ... '
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 99, ' ... LH I-IIA ... '

4. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 192, 'Chronology: all the pottery is recorded as belonging either to the LHI or LHIIA phase, ... '
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 705, 'The material found in it indicates use from late in the Middle Helladic period to LH IIA; and a LH IIA alabastron was found about 50 m. distant from the tumulus.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 99, ' ... LH I-IIA ... '

5. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 99, ' ... LH III(A2-B) ... '

6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 99, ' ... LH III(A2-B) ... '

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '48: Makrísia: Profítis Ilías', pg. 191. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 64 Makrysia: Ayios Ilias', pg. 95. 'A small burial tumulus (diameter 4.7 m.) was found here but was largely destroyed before proper excavation.'
Online here.

3. 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., 'B 86 Makrysia: Ayios Ilias', pg. 99. Online here.