Site details

Kakovatos/Nestora Tholos A

PK	C293
TITLE	Kakovatos∕Nestora Tholos A
WGS84	37.461758° N, 21.661218° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.461758, 21.661218
LON/LAT	21.661218, 37.461758

DMS

37° 27' 42.3288" N

21° 39' 40.3848" E

W3W	drilled, droplet, flip
UTM	34 S, 558475, 4146304
EGSA87	293005, 4148379

Elevation m	40
Elevation feet	131.2
Region	Triphylia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 189    ' ... three tholos tombs near to 'palatial' akropolis site.'
2.    Tholos.   Ålin [1962], 79    'Dörpfeld grub hier 1907 - 09 3 Tholosgräber und ... ', 'Ausser Kleinschmuck allerlei Art lieferte Grab A besonders grosse Scherbenmengen, ... '
3.    Tholos.   Pelon [1976], 220    'Tholos A (28A): La tombe, ..., est presque entièrement détruite à l'époque actuelle.'
4.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 96    '...three tholos tombs were excavated.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 190, ' ..., while Mountjoy suggests a construction date late in LHI on the basis of four LMIA pots ... '

2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 221, 'Les trois tombes, d'après leur belle céramique du style du Palais,sont à dater de l'HR II.'
    b.    Ålin [1962]: 80, 'Mehrere schöne Palaststilamphoren datieren die Gräber in SH II, ... '

3. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 96, '...and contained pottery of LH IIA date, ...'
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 190, ' ...; the tholoi themselves are dated LHIIA by Lólos ..., '

4. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 190, ' ...; much of the pottery from the 1908 excavations on the akropolis is LHIIIB, ... '

NOTE

1. For the Kakovatos site there is an informative web page sponsored by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., 'Nestora', pg. 79.

2. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '46: Kakóvatos', pg. 189. 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., '28. Kakovatos', pg. 219. Online here.

4. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'D 70 Kakovatos: Nestora', pg. 96. Online here.