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Psari Metsiki: Tholos 2

PK	C298
TITLE	Psari Metsiki: Tholos 2
WGS84	37.333747° N, 21.893314° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.333747, 21.893314
LON/LAT	21.893314, 37.333747

DMS

37° 20' 1.4892" N

21° 53' 35.9304" E

W3W	convergent, cobweb, wonderful
UTM	34 S, 579136, 4132271
EGSA87	313217, 4133690

Elevation m	389
Elevation feet	1276.2
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 552    '1982 wurde etwa 100 m nordöstlich von Tholos 1 ein gleichfalls eingestürztes zweites Kuppelgrab entdeckt.'
2.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 180    'two tholos tombs set on a hilltop with other antiquities.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 552, ? ' ... frühmykenische ... '
    b.    Boyd [2001]: 182, 'There is no reason to believe the construction date of tholos 2 should be any different. (i.e. as tholos 1, RHC)'

2. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 182, 'There is no reason to believe the construction date of tholos 2 should be any different. (i.e. as tholos 1, RHC)'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, 'Psári Metsíki 39 ', pg. 180. Online here.

2. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Tholos 2', pg. 552. Online here.