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Thouria: Burial Mound 1

PK	C405
TITLE	Thouria: Burial Mound 1
WGS84	37.104662° N, 22.052668° E
Accuracy	50 m.

LAT/LON	37.104662, 22.052668
LON/LAT	22.052668, 37.104662

DMS

37° 6' 16.7832" N

22° 3' 9.6048" E

W3W	remembers, revisions, recall
UTM	34 S, 593535, 4107001
EGSA87	326813, 4107969

Elevation m	143
Elevation feet	469.2
Region	Messenia

GENERAL SITE TYPE Mound

TYPE

1.    Mound.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 163    'Two mounds on the upper slope of the E bank of the Xeropotamos gorge opposite to E are probably also LH tholos tombs.'
2.    Mound.   Simpson [1981], 129    'Two artificial mounds, about 10 m. in diameter and 5 m. and 4 m. in height respectively, lie immediately opposite the settlement, across the Xeropotamos gorge on the upper slope of its eastern bank.'
3.    Mound.   Boyd [2001], 213    'Two other mounds on a ridge to the east of ... Epia Anthia are thought to cover tholos tombs.'
4.    Tumulus.   Zavadil [2012], 288    ' ... zwei konische Hügel, die lange Zeit als mögliche Tholosgräber angesehen wurden ... '

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic I: (2000 BC - 1900 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 289, 'Datierung: Der Tumulus wurde in MH I errichtet und verwendet.'

2. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 129, 'The mounds are therefore probably also Mycenaean tholos tombs.'
    b.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 163, ' ... probably also LH tholos tombs.'

3. LH III: (1410 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 289, 'In der Nähe des südlicheren Hügels (Tumulus I) fanden sich zwei Obsidiansplitter und Bruchstücke von SH III-Keramik (Kylikes, Skyphoi).'

NOTE

1. Simpson and Dickinson [1979] 163, 'D 137', " ...; the second, c 40 m. to S, is c. 10 m in diameter and 4 m. high."

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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, 'Epía Antheía, Messinía.', pg. 213. Online here.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 121 Aithaia: Ellinika (Ancient Thouria)', pg. 129. 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., 'D 137 Aithaia: Ellinika (Ancient Thouria)', pg. 163. Online here.

4. Zavadil [2012]: Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'Antheia/Kastroulia (Ep. Kalamon), Tumulus I', pg. 288. Online here.