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Thouria: Epia Tholos

PK	C402
TITLE	Thouria: Epia Tholos
WGS84	37.103455° N, 22.043022° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.103455, 22.043022
LON/LAT	22.043022, 37.103455

DMS

37° 6' 12.438" N

22° 2' 34.8792" E

W3W	operate, successfully, jinxed
UTM	34 S, 592679.52, 4106858
EGSA87	325953, 4107853

Elevation m	43
Elevation feet	141.1
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Messenia II, 233    'probable Mycenaean sherds.'
2.    Tholos.   Simpson [2014], 26    ' ...; tholos; ... '
3.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 163    ' ..., and there is a tholos tomb on a lower slope to W of the LH site.'
4.    Tholos.   Messenia I, 250    ' ..., on a terrace ca. 30 m. above the highway, the dromos of a tholos tomb has been exposed.'
5.    Tholos.   Boyd [2001], 185    'Description: tholos tomb.'
6.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 292    ' ... , befindet sich eine Tholos.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Messenia II: , 'probable Mycenaean sherds.'

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 294, 'Abgesehen von einigen Scherben, die in SH I und SH IIIA datieren,'

3. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Boyd [2001]: 185, 'Chronology: LHIIA; other periods unknown.'
    b.    Zavadil [2012]: 294, ' ..., der größte Teil der bronzezeitlichen Keramik aus der Tholos in SH IIA und SH IIB einzuordnen.'

4. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 294, ' ..., der größte Teil der bronzezeitlichen Keramik aus der Tholos in SH IIA und SH IIB einzuordnen.'

5. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 294, 'Abgesehen von einigen Scherben, die in SH I und SH IIIA datieren,'

NOTE

1. Position suggested by a contributor who wishes to remain anonymous.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Boyd [2001]: Boyd, Michael John. Middle Helladic And Early Mycenaean Mortuary Practices In The Southern And Western Peloponnese. 2001, '43: Epía Anthía', pg. 185. Online here.

2. Messenia II: McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Exploration in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1962-1963’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 68, No. 3 (Jul., 1964), pp. 229-245., '65B. Phourtsavrisi (Kremmidia)', pg. 233. Online here.

3. 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., '78. Ellinika (classical Thouria)', pg. 250. Online here.

4. Simpson [2014]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Messenia and the Kingdom of Pylos. Philadelphia:Instap Academic Press, 2014. , '78 Aithaia: Ellinika (ancient Thouria)', pg. 26.

5. 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., 'D 137 Aithaia: Ellinika (Ancient Thouria)', pg. 163. Online here.

6. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Antheia/Makria Rachi (Ep. Kalamon)', pg. 292. Online here.