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Olympia: Drouva: Tholos

PKC373
TITLEOlympia: Drouva: Tholos
WGS84 37.640875° N, 21.616673° E
Accuracy 50 m.

LAT/LON 37.640875, 21.616673
LON/LAT 21.616673, 37.640875

DMS 37° 38' 27.15" N,21° 37' 0.0228" E

W3Wincorporates, secondary, rake
UTM34 S, 554405, 4166149
EGSA87 289569, 4168355

Elevation m142
Elevation feet 465.9
RegionElis





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Messenia I, 226    'There are possible tholos tombs on the plateau ca. 500 m. to the west.'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Messenia I: 226, 'Trenches and pits revealed masses of undecorated LH III B pottery, ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  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., '7. Drouva (Olympia)', pg. 226. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C373 is at 37.56634° N, 21.53476° E, a straight-line distance of 11 km and 2 m.