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Mistofollaka: Tholos

PKC411
TITLEMistofollaka: Tholos
WGS84 36.841929° N, 21.829992° E
Accuracy 100 m.

LAT/LON 36.841929, 21.829992
LON/LAT 21.829992, 36.841929

DMS 36° 50' 30.9444" N,21° 49' 47.9712" E

W3Wdefeat, heathen, annoys
UTM34 S, 574003, 4077659
EGSA87 306360, 4079247

Elevation m203
Elevation feet 666
RegionMessenia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Simpson [1981], 125    '..on the top of which are the remains of a destroyed tholos tomb, ...'
2.    Tholos.   Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 151    '...where there is a destroyed LH tholos tomb c. 8.0 m. in diameter.'
3.    Tholos.   Messenia III, 154    'On the lower Mistofolakka ridge a tholos tomb was dug into and largely destroyed, presumably by the owner.'
4.    Tholos.   Zavadil [2012], 408    Tholosgrabes
5.    Tomb.   AD[1965], 208    


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 408, 'Der einzige Fund, der vielleicht mit diesem Grab in Verbindung gebracht werden kann, ist eine zerbrochene Bügel kanne, die in SH IIIA2 oder SH IIIB datiert wurde.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 125, 'Part of a LH IIIA2 or LH IIIB stirrup-jar brought to the Kalamata Museum was presumably found during the illicit excavation of the tomb.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 151, 'MH LH III(A2-B)'

2. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
    a.    Zavadil [2012]: 408, 'Der einzige Fund, der vielleicht mit diesem Grab in Verbindung gebracht werden kann, ist eine zerbrochene Bügel kanne, die in SH IIIA2 oder SH IIIB datiert wurde.'
    b.    Simpson [1981]: 125, 'Part of a LH IIIA2 or LH IIIB stirrup-jar brought to the Kalamata Museum was presumably found during the illicit excavation of the tomb.'
    c.    Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 151, 'MH LH III(A2-B)'
    d.    AD[1965]: 208,

NOTE

1.  Related to C263.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  AD[1965]:  Archaiologikon Deltion, Athens, Greece, v. 20, '', pg. 208.

2.  Messenia III:  McDonald, William A. and Richard Hope Simpson. ‘Further Explorations in Southwestern Peloponnese: 1964-1968’, American Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 73, No. 2 (Apr., 1969), pp. 123-177., '73A. Ayios Nikolaos (Exochikon)', pg. 154. Online here.

3.  Simpson [1981]:  Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'F 59 Exochikon: Ayios Nikolaos', pg. 125. Paragraph beginning 'About 200 m. to east of ridge...'
Online here.

4.  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 78 Exochikon: Ayios Nikolaos', pg. 151. Beginning at 'About 200 m. E of the site, ...'
Online here.

5.  Zavadil [2012]:  Zavadil, Michaela. Monumenta: Studien zu mittel- und späthelladischen Gräbern in Messenien. Wien:Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften. 2012., 'EXOCHIKON/MISTOPHOLAKKA (EP. PYLIAS)', pg. 408. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C411 is at 36.80706° N, 21.81413° E, a straight-line distance of 4 km and 131 m.